Liberté, Égalité, et Tear Gas in #Toulouse #France #ZAD p/v @Bleu_Toulouse pic.twitter.com/BOqbgDpYa3
— 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) February 21, 2015
At least 10 activists were arrested in Nantes and at least another 15 were arrested in Toulouse. A police officer also suffered broken ribs.
#France: Riot police and protesters in #Nantes during demo against police brutality. #ZAD #Sivens p/v @bleuloireocean pic.twitter.com/et4LYcJxce
— Revolution News (@NewsRevo) February 21, 2015
Protesters carried signs saying “Stop police violence” and commemorated a rally one year earlier in which tens of thousands of people rallied against the building of a new airport in Nantes. Violence clashes broke out then and three demonstrators each lost the use of an eye from flash bombs employed by the police.
#France: #Nantes in support of occupy, autonomous zones and against police brutality. #ZAD p/v @bleuloireocean pic.twitter.com/qG8PMKmCoV
— Revolution News (@NewsRevo) February 21, 2015
Local residents had argued the airport was too costly and would damage the environment. Those protests grew to include farmers, ecologists, and anarchists who call themselves ZADists – using the French acronym for "development zone" or ZAD.
#Toulouse also takes to the streets to support #ZAD and against police brutality #France p/v @BorisKharlamoff pic.twitter.com/6iK7mvEAH9
— 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) February 21, 2015
In October, Remi Fraisse was taking protesting with other ZAD members against a dam project in the Testet wetlands. Following a tense standoff with police, he was later discovered dead with a wound to his back. ZADists blamed a police grenade.
#Toulouse: une 20aine d'interpellations lors de la manifestation en soutien aux #ZAD (photo @HugoGausserand) pic.twitter.com/ukg6vK65QA
— Boris Kharlamoff (@BorisKharlamoff) February 21, 2015
Since then, protests have been held in his name. Saturday, protesters held a banner with saying "I am Remi and all the other victims of the police…We do not forget, we do not forgive."
#toulouse: violentes altercations entre manifestants et forces de l'ordre devant le palais de justice. #zad #sivens pic.twitter.com/tn3WYCBd1r
— Boris Kharlamoff (@BorisKharlamoff) February 21, 2015
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