鈥榊ellow vest鈥 boxer arrested over police assault
Print Edition
French police arrested a former professional boxer yesterday who was seen punching police officers during a 鈥測ellow vest鈥 protest in Paris, in shocking scenes that have highlighted the violence of recent protests.
The images filmed on Saturday show a heavily built man in a black duffel coat square up to several police officers before knocking them down in a hail of punches and kicking them on the ground.
One of the officers is then beaten by other protesters wearing yellow vests before he is rescued by fellow riot police in protective equipment and helmets.
The ex-boxer, identified by French media as 37-year-old Christophe Dettinger, is a former heavyweight professional fighter who reportedly works for the local government in the Essonne area south of Paris.
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said Dettinger, known in the ring as 鈥淭he Gypsy From Massy,鈥 a town south of Paris, had handed himself into police in the capital.
鈥淗e was immediately arrested and will be held accountable for his acts by the justice system,鈥 Castaner said.
Around 50,000 鈥測ellow vest鈥 protesters took to the streets again on Saturday in cities around France to denounce the centrist government of President Emmanuel Macron, leading to clashes in Paris, Bordeaux and Rouen.
Several men driving a forklift truck also smashed open the doors to the ministry building of government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux in Paris, who denounced the break-in as an 鈥渦nacceptable attack on the Republic.鈥
While the number of protesters has dwindled since December, the determination of a smaller but increasingly radical core of 鈥測ellow vest鈥 protesters poses a dilemma for the government.
On Friday, Griveaux said protestors were 鈥渁gitators who want insurrection and, basically, to overthrow the government.鈥
He called for everyone to take part in a national debate on taxation and the government鈥檚 pro-business program, which is set to begin this month.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
