Twitter screenshot The attack by a woman on a firefighter who was trying to put out a fire of pallets was filmed by the cameras during the demonstration on May 1 in Paris. LABOR DAY – Sunday in Paris, during the demonstration of May 1 enamelled with violence, a woman, suspected of having hit the helmet of a firefighter while he was putting out a fire, was arrested. This Monday, May 2, she was still in police custody, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. According to a police source, the attacked firefighter filed a complaint, confirming information from France Inter. And according to information from BFMTV, an investigation for “violence against a person charged with a public service mission”, “contempt of a person responsible for public authority” and “rebellion” has been opened. This attack, widely relayed on the social media, sparked outrage. “It’s enough! Shame on the savagery, incomprehensible this new aggression vis-à-vis the firefighters of Paris in the exercise of their functions”, tweeted the firefighters of Paris shortly after the facts. 🟥 That’s enough! Shame on the savagery, incomprehensible this new aggression towards the firefighters of Paris in the exercise of their functions, to protect people, the property of the City and the smooth running of the event. #1erMaipic.twitter.com/Scwd6UqwCV— @PompiersParis (@PompiersParis) May 1, 2022Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin denounced “unacceptable violence”, rejecting any failure by the authorities to maintain order. program C à Vous this Monday evening, Eric Brocardi, spokesperson for the national federation of firefighters of France regrets this aggression: “It is a symbol which is attacked: it is incomprehensible that someone takes it like that to a public service which is there to help the population”. “It’s a symbol that is under attack: it’s incomprehensible that someone should attack a public service that is there to help the population.”
A firefighter attacked during the #1erMai parade: Eric Brocardi, spokesperson for the national federation @PompiersFRdans in #CàVouspic.twitter.com/YWYZ0aPoES— C to you (@cavousf5) May 2, 2022He adds that currently “firefighter attacks concern all territories”, even if a note from the Ministry of the Interior consulted on Monday by AFP attests to a slight drop (11%) in the number of attacks by firefighters in the first quarter of 2022, with around a hundred assaults per month. First information on the profile of this “street medic”According to the first elements reported in the press, this 38-year-old woman works in the medical field and officiated as a “street medic” during the rally for Workers’ Day this Sunday. As France Inter notes, “her publications on social networks draw the portrait of an activist close to rebellious France and yellow vests, opposed to the vaccination pass”. However, France Inter reports that according to their information “this woman has no criminal record in connection with the demonstrations of yellow vests in which she participated”. The only trace of her legal past is a complaint lodged against her for “willful violence” in the context of a neighborhood dispute. Always on the social networks of this woman, the radio of the public service observes the presence of a selfie taken on April 10 on which she appears in the voting booth with a bulletin in the name of Jean-Luc Mélenchon. See also on The HuffPost: May 1: fires, ransacked windows … Damage punctuates the demonstration in Paris