Overview
- Libération and Mediapart published dozens of hours of March 2023 body-worn camera footage showing instructions for prohibited direct grenade launches.
- Recordings capture gendarmes celebrating injuries and using dehumanizing language, raising concerns about institutional culture and discipline.
- Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced an administrative investigation and argued the response was largely proportionate, refusing to use the term “police violence.”
- The Rennes prosecutor said the IGGN did not notify the parquet of potential additional offences as required by procedure.
- The gendarmerie kept the recordings for over two years without opening disciplinary proceedings, and injured protesters now demand a formal judicial inquiry.