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Press Briefs reported nearly 7,000 police custody cases, 86% of which involved minors, and indicated that the majority had not led to legal proceedings at this stage. The account described these arrests as a massive and unprecedented measure aimed at containing the mobilization of young people. Several cited observers viewed this as a form of intimidation, while Press Briefs believed this practice infringed on the right to protest and risked normalizing disproportionate police and judicial responses. The account added that the preventive use of police custody had already been documented during the Yellow Vests movement. Relying on independent press articles, Press Briefs relayed testimonies from high school students reporting violent detention conditions, symptoms of post-traumatic stress, forced undressings, and physical or psychological violence. A 15-year-old reportedly recounted being slammed against a concrete bed and hit on the head by police and then insulted. A complaint had been filed, according to the account, which also indicated that the police prefecture had not responded to Mediapart's questions about the reported statements. Mohammed, a 16-year-old high school student in Saint-Denis, reportedly stated that police had hit the bars of his cell during the night to wake up the detainees and had targeted him with a racist insult. The mother of Noham, also 16, claimed that her son had been hit in the liver and face after asking why he had been arrested. Adam's mother also denounced violence against young protesters. Press Briefs added that several teenage girls and boys reported sexist and racist remarks from police, and complaints had been filed. Anne Savinel-Barras, president of Amnesty International France, expressed her concern over the repression of the student movement, believing that the young people's demands for education and health were met with prohibitions on demonstrations and disproportionate police violence. The NGO stated that it would support people peacefully protesting and defend the right to demonstrate. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed concern about the situation in France and notably called for a proportional use of force. #jeunesse #manifestation #répression (translated)

AlertesInfos reported, citing Libération, that the police prefecture indicated that a BAC officer, disguised as a high school student, violently hit the window of a Chicken Street restaurant in Pantin, to the point of almost breaking it. According to the prefecture, he wanted to be let in to detain individuals suspected of throwing stones. https://t.co/GMIfpeMeef #Police #Pantin #Justice (translated)

Raphaël Arnault stated that Aix resonated antifascist despite the threats from the far right and what he described as a desire from the prefecture to silence dissenting voices. He indicated that the prefecture attempted to justify the ban by mentioning the far right's intention to defend its territory in Aix-en-Provence. https://t.co/E48676LNFL #Antifa #AixEnProvence #LutteContreLExtremeDroite (translated)

Many police officers are not identified. This is really a very significant number because there is no RIO ("referential of identities and organization," a badge that identifies the agents, Ed.), because there is no image, because the images are deleted. Often, the images are deleted because they are from the police prefecture or the municipality, and after 30 days, they disappear. #IGPN #violencespolicières #mobilisationétudiante (translated)

The Police Prefect of Paris, Patrice Faure, announced that there are no instructions for restraint for future mobilizations, as blockades of high schools continue and a new day of mobilization is scheduled for October 13. #MobilisationLycéenne #Paris #PréfectureDePolice (translated)

"I don't believe it at all. Stéphane Ibarra mentions irregularities that are not my doing, but apparently from the prefecture. I don't believe it at all," said Bruno Retailleau, LR candidate for the presidential election, on LCI. #ElectionsSénatoriales #Vendée #Irrégularités (translated)

The Fighters of the Liberation recounted that Paulette Besson, aged 23, had provided false papers to the Resistance without anyone at the prefecture of Savoie knowing. The report stated that she had been arrested and tortured at Montluc, and then her comrades had praised her generosity during deportation. On October 8, 1944, they defied the ban to lay flowers on her modest coffin. https://t.co/D1KUbZSOLK #Résistance #Histoire #Mémoire (translated)

Fdesouche.com reported that the motorcyclist whose injury triggered riots in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (37) was of Algerian nationality and was subject to an OQTF. The site stated that the prefecture had invoked a "serious threat to public order." https://t.co/FGzA5zcvRS https://t.co/jkk6BeRe3G #SaintPierreDesCorps #émeutes #ordrepublic (translated)

Matthieu Valet indicated that he decided to refer the matter to the prosecutor of the Republic of Paris under Article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. He stated that a "street reporter" had deliberately tripped a police officer the day before, at the Place de la Nation in Paris. According to him, this act could constitute aggravated violence against a police officer, and filming did not justify an assault. He estimated that the video, cross-referenced with the footage from the police prefecture's surveillance cameras, should allow for the identification of the person involved. He added that he would not let violence against police officers and gendarmes go unpunished. #Justice #Sécurité #Violences (translated)

The author indicated that a demonstration organized by Urgence Palestine in Paris, scheduled for the next day to denounce the genocide in Gaza and demand respect for the ceasefire, had been banned by the police prefecture. https://t.co/2DM37BLIQH #UrgencePalestine #Gaza #CessezLeFeu #FR #PS #IL (translated)

The author indicated that blockades were already taking place in front of several high schools in France, with hundreds of young people mobilized. He added that the Paris police prefecture was expecting between 20,000 and 40,000 people in the Paris march. #manifestation #lycées https://t.co/IcKTttnSzO #manifestation #lycées #France #FR (translated)

A fire on the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, in technical stop in Toulon, was brought under control without causing any injuries, according to the maritime prefecture, which specifies that the incident was caused by cutting work with a blowtorch. #CharlesDeGaulle #Incendie #Toulon (translated)

The services of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu directly accused La France insoumise of being "at the maneuver" with "its ultra-left proxies," saying they rely in particular on a note from the intelligence department of the Paris police prefecture. #MobilisationEtudiante #FranceInsoumise #ViolencesUrbaines (translated)

Press Briefs described a strong rise in tensions on the eve of what the report referred to as the "act III" of the high school mobilization, scheduled for Tuesday, October 6. According to the author, more than 5,000 people had been arrested in a few days, about 85% of whom were minors, and nearly 200 students had been injured. He cited several serious injuries: a 16-year-old had lost the use of an eye in Tours, a 14-year-old had been seriously injured in the jaw and teeth in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, a high school student had been injured in the eye in Argenteuil, and on Monday in Lens, a 15-year-old had his hand blown off by the explosion of a de-escalation grenade. Press Briefs added that six investigations by the IGPN were recorded on Monday afternoon. The author reminded that the demands were particularly about the lack of teachers and staff, overcrowded classes, learning conditions, inequalities in resources, and Parcoursup. He reported that the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, had stated that he had given no instructions aimed at limiting the action of the law enforcement agencies nor requested that they forgo their intermediate weaponry. Press Briefs also estimated that the media coverage gave a dominant place to damage, clashes, and law enforcement, to the detriment of the demands and the use of force. In support of this criticism, the author cited a count by Acrimed covering four days of 1 PM and 8 PM news programs on France 2. Of the 24 minutes and 53 seconds dedicated to mobilizations, 19 minutes and 26 seconds, nearly 78%, were said to have focused on violence and clashes. The demands received 1 minute and 56 seconds, a potential disproportionate police response 47 seconds, and the government's accusations against LFI 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Press Briefs also reported that the League of Human Rights, the Lawyers' Union of France, and the Magistrates' Union had criticized the police response and raised concerns about the rights of minors and the rule of law. The Magistrates' Union had described it as brutal and inappropriate for a movement composed mainly of young people, according to the author. #Lyceens #Mobilisation #ViolencesPolicieres (translated)