Municipal elected officials blocked by the police in Grenoble during an altercation

Municipal elected officials battling the municipal police. The scene, barely credible, took place this Tuesday on the sidelines of the municipal council in Grenoble. It was a little after 10 a.m. when the dozen elected officials from the LFI group, some wearing Palestinian keffiyehs, attempted to enter the council room, carrying signs bearing the slogan “Palestine Ruffin Censure”, before being blocked by municipal police officers. The situation quickly degenerated, with physical altercations between the agents and the elected officials, filmed by collaborators of the rebellious elected officials. The municipal council was adjourned.

At the start of the afternoon, Laurence Ruffin, the environmentalist mayor of Grenoble, indicated that three agents had been transported to hospital following the incident, “without being in serious condition”, and confirmed the opening of a psychological unit and the filing of complaints by five agents. “This is the first time that elected officials have attacked municipal agents, it’s…