police have been targeted every night for the past week

Miscellaneous facts 05-18-2020 at 6:13 PM

Even if there was not a new giant rodeo, as was the case during the confinement, individuals on motorcycles punctually continue to disturb the calm of several districts of the municipalities of Vaulx-en-Velin, Villeurbanne or Rillieux -la-Pape. But for the past week, it’s been in Bron where tensions seem to be crystallizing.

Almost every night, residents of the town complain of nuisance because of rodeos made by some young people. Once there, the police are received with insults or projectiles of all kinds. This was particularly the case on Wednesday evening, around midnight in the Teraillon district, when a crew was the target of stone jets and fireworks. No injuries or damage had been reported. The officials had successfully arrested a minor. He has since been referred.

Another example, this time Sunday evening in the same district, where at around 7 p.m. around thirty individuals participated in a veritable beating of the officials mobilized to stop new rodeos on motorbikes. The police used tear gas to end the crowd. Later that same evening, new incidents had also broken out when numerous reinforcements had been called to the area. This time, no arrests were made.

Some police officers mobilized on these incidents now say “more and more frustrated at not having clear instructions to stop the drivers “. For its part, the Rhône DDSP indicates that officials of the Lyon agglomeration “act with discernment “ and must “initiate follow-up in the event of a rodeo without taking too many risks, neither for them nor for the individual being prosecuted “. The first mission is “identify the driver and stop him later. Thus, if the scooter is stolen, a procedure may be initiated “. For more flagrant crimes, other police officers like the Alliance union are talking about the British solution. The latter consists of “run on the fugitives to capture them “.

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