The Challenge of Arresting Young, Mobile Troublemakers Equipped with Mortars: A Police Conundrum

The Challenge of Arresting Young, Mobile Troublemakers Equipped with Mortars: A Police Conundrum

Faced with the police, particularly mobile individuals, small groups difficult to arrest because they are equipped with mortars to keep the police at a distance. Unheard of on the front line, the troublemakers are very young. “Sometimes there are kids of ten, eleven, twelve years old in the streets, on sequences of urban violence which … Read more

“The Struggle of Boys in School: A Global Phenomenon”

“The Struggle of Boys in School: A Global Phenomenon”

It’s not going well for boys in school, no matter what grade level. Catherine Haeck, co-author of the book The schooling of men and the choice of profession of womenat the Presses de l’université de Montréal, talks about the phenomenon that affects boys. It presents the gaps between young boys and young girls, gaps that … Read more

“Public Prosecutor Confirms Acts Committed in Nice Shooting Footage”

“Public Prosecutor Confirms Acts Committed in Nice Shooting Footage”

Questioned this Monday by TF1info about these images, the public prosecutor of Nice, Xavier Bonhomme, tells us that “error excepted and subject to verification”, the video shows “acts committed at Les Moulins on March 24”. That day, says the magistrate, “shots were heard and there were no injuries”. Two people were arrested in flagrante delicto … Read more

Fires in France: the meticulous work of investigators who track down arsonists

Fires in France: the meticulous work of investigators who track down arsonists

To find out if a sample contains it, it is heated to more than 80°C in an oven. But the investigation is not so simple, especially in hot weather. “In forests that are very dry, very little energy is needed to activate and initiate a fire. On the other hand, we will have improvised fire … Read more

Lyon: two police officers injured after being attacked by around fifty people

Lyon: two police officers injured after being attacked by around fifty people

Screams, blows, a crowd unleashed on at least one individual. This Thursday, a video showing a lynching made the rounds on social networks. According to our information, the scene was filmed Wednesday evening around 7:15 p.m. on Place Gabriel Péri, Guillotière district, in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. It was there that three police officers … Read more

Before Nancy Crampton Brophy, these murderous authors betrayed by their writings

Before Nancy Crampton Brophy, these murderous authors betrayed by their writings

He was a news reporter. Vlado Taneski was arrested at the end of June 2018 on suspicion of abducting, raping, mutilating and killed four women in the city of Kicévo (North Macedonia), between 2003 and 2008. Imprisoned in the process, he finally committed suicide during his first days of imprisonment in Tetevo (40 km west … Read more

Rennes: police targeted by automatic weapon fire in the middle of the day

Rennes: police targeted by automatic weapon fire in the middle of the day

Three mountain bike police officers were shot on Friday June 24, shortly before 5 p.m., in the Maurepas district, in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). While the police were carrying out an identity check, two men on a scooter, who had just fired in the direction of a drug resale point, “possibly” towards lookouts, targeted them with automatic … Read more

Rennes: three injured including a 6-year-old child during an urban rodeo on the university campus

Rennes: three injured including a 6-year-old child during an urban rodeo on the university campus

It was at the end of the day that the accident took place on the university campus, allée de Beaulieu, in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine). Around 6 p.m., the police were called by the Samu and the firefighters. Quickly on the spot, they find three victims taken care of by the emergency services, some transported directly to … Read more

85,000 power cuts in the north of France due to a strike by energy agents

85,000 power cuts in the north of France due to a strike by energy agents

Social action will have legal repercussions, promises the network manager. Power cuts affected tens of thousands of homes in the north of France during the night of Wednesday June 1 to Thursday June 2, as a result of a strike for the salaries of employees in the electricity and gas industries, a-t – we learned … Read more

Death of Jérémie Cohen hit by a tram in Bobigny: what we know about the investigation

Death of Jérémie Cohen hit by a tram in Bobigny: what we know about the investigation

Are there preferred tracks? Those close to Jérémie Cohen, of the Jewish faith, are also wondering about an anti-Semitic act. But at this stage, there is nothing to confirm it. “It does not appear from the testimonies collected so far that the attack was committed for discriminatory reasons. There is no evidence to date to … Read more