To understand how the thugs were able to have free rein in the face of countless scenes of looting in several cities in France, we must look at the organization of the Republican Security Companies (CRS) and the Intervention Companies (CI), called formed units. These were created in 2019 in Paris, in the middle of the yellow vest movement, to more quickly challenge dispersed violent groups.
The police and gendarmes mobilized this weekend failed to prevent massive looting of businesses, which began on Saturday in broad daylight and continued on Sunday in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, on the sidelines of the mobilizations.
If the police sometimes carry out arrests, as was the case this weekend, these actions must however remain limited so as not to deplete the workforce.
The president of the network of chambers of commerce and industry in France (CCI France) estimated, Monday October 19, that there will be more than 2,000 businesses directly affected by the weekend's violence in the country, estimating the damage at hundreds of millions of euros.