A Bordeaux, la montée en violence des apprentis fascistes – Libération
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At the end of June, far-right activists violently attacked passers-by in the popular district of Saint-Michel. The facts, which are not isolated, shocked public opinion and confirmed the vivacity of the radical movement in Gironde, in particular by the Bordeaux nationalist group.
Monkey cries, Nazi salutes, cascading attacks: the ratonnade-like descent of a group of young men – far-right activists confirm to Freed several sources – in a popular district of the historic center of Bordeaux, at the end of June, shocked. In the opinion of union activists, associations or legal sources with whom we were able to discuss, these events, more than an epiphenomenon, are indicative of the deleterious atmosphere that is settling in a city hitherto spared by the renewed far-right violence.
On the night of June 24 to 25, the Saint-Michel district was plunged into torpor. Suddenly, a little before 2 a.m., a group of about ten individuals attacked women and men indiscriminately. “I was woken up by a hubbub, like chants from supporters mixed with racist insults, tell to Release Julien (1), a local resident who witnessed some of the events from his window. I understood that it was a far-right group and my first reflexes were to call the police and film, to be able to show the images to the police if they arrive too late on the spot. he reports, stunned by this surge of violence and these attackers “totally uninhibited”.
These images posted by Nikola Dobric, student and progressive activist, circulated massively on social networks, helping to publicize the case. We see there…