“The police were massacred”: expected at the turning point after the violence of October 17, Laurent Nuñez postpones his visit to Marseille

In front of a business on the opulent Rue Paradis, Emilio does not hide his fear. The window of this jewelry store located in this street in Marseille known for its luxury boutiques has been reduced to nothing. Faced with this sad spectacle, this Marseillais wonders. “But where were the police during this time? Many were in the processions with the young people, but why was he not here alongside traders?

The day after the mobilization day of October 17, marked by significant violence in Marseille, the same question keeps coming back to the forefront. How did we get there? This Friday, the prefect of Bouches-du-Rhône alerted the press to possible rioters ready to “fight” and assured that he had put in place a substantial security system. In a few hours, at the height of the day, no less than 30,000 looters including 8,000 rioters were counted according to the Bouches-du-Rhône police headquarters. According to…