Anarchists, Butchers and Finance Workers in Court Over Paris Riots
Sometimes bruised or with black eyes, demonstrators arrested during anti-government rioting in central Paris on Saturday have appeared in court, showcasing the diverse backgrounds of the people on the streets.
Police detained a total of 412 people during the
worst clashes in decades in the centre of the French capital which saw security forces pelted with stones, more than 200 vehicles torched and numerous shops vandalised.
The first 57 suspects who joined the so-called "yellow vest" protests appeared in fast-track courts on Monday, with dozens of others set to go before magistrates on Tuesday.
The overwhelmingly male cast of characters, some sporting visible injuries, included many low-income people from provincial France who came to the capital to express their anger.
"With everything that has happened to me in the last 48 hours, I don't want to ever come back," 20-year-old Martial Poissonier, dressed in a leather jacket, said in one of the five courtrooms hearing cases on Monday.
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