Anthony Smith ✊ 🌺

Anthony Smith accused Laurent Nuñez and the forces he referred to as a "militia" of charging at high school students. He denounced their notion of "proportional use" and demanded the resignation of Laurent Nuñez. #BlocusLycées #BlocusUniversités https://t.co/rgI0xfnT3b #Lycée #Jeunesse #Démission (translated)

Anthony Smith stated that the police had gassed high school students without giving them a way out. He deemed the situation unacceptable and believed that the Republic should protect the youth rather than hit them. #6octobre https://t.co/2GxKnQiopU #Police #Justice #République (translated)

Anthony Smith relayed a statement from the Magistrates' Union that denounced the government's response to the anger of high school students. The union believed that the methods of maintaining order did not take into account the vulnerability of a movement composed mainly of minors. It cited videos that reportedly showed students being gassed, brutal arrests, and the use of LBD (defense ball launchers) and explosive grenades. The statement claimed that these disproportionate uses of force particularly affected young people of color from working-class neighborhoods. #6octobre #Justice #DroitsDesEnfants #Manifestation (translated)

Anthony Smith believed that police violence, like all violence, should be condemned, and denounced what he considered to be a "double standard." Citing statements reported by France 3 Champagne-Ardenne, he indicated that the prosecutor of Marne had dismissed on October 2 the hypothesis of plainclothes police throwing an object, rather seeing it as a sign of the growing presence of people who were not high school students in the marches. On October 4, the prosecutor stated that a police officer had thrown a smoke grenade within the legal framework of maintaining order and expressed his support for law enforcement. (translated)