Violence on the fringes of the high school movement: law enforcement expects a “black Tuesday”

On the front line to contain the outbreak of violence on the sidelines of the high school anger movement, the police are expecting a “Black Tuesday”. After a weekend which offered a brief respite to the units, Monday was marked by clashes in more than 400 establishments across the country. The strategists at Place Beauvau expect the winds of revolt to blow even stronger. The arson attack at the Louis-Vauquelin high school, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and, above all, the serious injury of a 15-year-old student, whose hand was torn off in Lens while trying to pick up a police grenade, risks further igniting the situation. “The fever is not going down and, at this stage, no one can anticipate a decline in the movement,” concedes a high-ranking official who foresees a “very large-scale mobilization, punctuated by incidents”.

The 5,060 arrests, including 87% of minors, already carried out…