Overview
- Images shared on social media on Saturday night showed anti-police and political messages projected onto a central Lyon façade during the Fête des Lumières.
- Reports differ on the exact site, with Franceinfo citing the Musée des Beaux-Arts and Le Parisien pointing to the palais Saint-Pierre.
- Messages included “la police blesse et tue,” “la violence policière est partout,” “non à l’État policier,” “on dégage le RN,” and “Sainte‑Soline, ni oubli, ni pardon.”
- Préfète Fabienne Buccio denounced an “insupportable message de haine” and said the perpetrators are being sought, while Mayor Grégory Doucet expressed solidarity with officers securing the event.
- The Alliance Police union called the accusations defamatory and incitement to hatred, and as of the latest reports authorities had announced no arrests.