Overview
- Messages including “The police injure and kill” and “No to a police state” were projected onto the Musée des Beaux-Arts/Palais Saint‑Pierre during Saturday night’s light festival.
- The local branch of the ecologist collective Soulèvements de la Terre said it carried out the action, and authorities said the matter has been referred to the courts.
- Regional prefect Fabienne Buccio condemned an “intolerable message of hate,” and Lyon mayor Grégory Doucet expressed solidarity with municipal and national police.
- The Alliance Police Nationale union called the accusation that police “kill” defamatory, and figures such as Jean‑Michel Aulas and Senator Patrick Kanner publicly denounced the stunt.
- Police say those responsible are still being sought as substantial security forces remain deployed for an event that draws around two million visitors over four days.