In a letter, an "ultra-yellow" assumes and justifies the violence during demonstrations

Thomas P. was placed in pre-trial detention in early February. This 25-year-old man was blamed for burning a sentinel mission vehicle on the 13th Saturday of the yellow vests mobilization on 9 February. In a mail, it says "assume" its actions, believing that "in some situations, the conflict is necessary ".

"Deterioration or deterioration of property belonging to others, by a dangerous means, because of the quality of the person who is the custodian of the public authority of its owner (...), aggravated violence (...), violence against a person who is the custodian of public authority (...) I have actually committed some of the acts that cover these formulations a little snoring. "in a 4-page letter, sent to the press by his lawyers, Thomas P. " assume ". During the demonstrations of the yellow vests, he committed violence.

"I met a few who wanted to occupy a building and join the dockers. The next day, I accompanied them to wall the premises of the MEDEF and tag ' power to the people ' on the fresh cinder blocks. This is the day when the man I am today was born. "

"Fair use of violence"

Committed, Thomas P. said he refused life "a small, easy framework of the system I wanted to fight." Living in odd jobs, especially in construction, he lived from city to city. Four months ago, he joined the yellow vests movement. "This is the most beautiful and strongest movement I have ever seen. I threw myself body and soul, without hesitation. "Thomas P. quickly became an ultra-yellow ". I am convinced that in some situations the conflict is necessary (...), he assumes. We are millions to scream that their system is rotten and they explain to us how they claim to save it. "

And continue: "everything is a matter of accuracy. There is a fair use of sweetness, fair use of speech and fair use of violence. "

The 25-year-old man says "loads, grenades and beating in good standing." A response from the authorities that pushed him to fall into violence, he says again. If he assumes that he has degraded a bank or a police car, for example, he says that "no protester is trying to kill cops." For him, street clashes are used to roll back the police to reach places of power or to win the street, a territory, the States in a warrior language. Thomas P. is known to the intelligence services for his belonging to the anarcho-autonomous movement.

Series of violence

Thomas P. has been in pre-trial detention since the beginning of February. On 9 February, at the end of the 23rd Saturday of mobilization of the yellow vests, he was arrested in the 8Th arrondissement of Paris by police officers of the security and intervention company. According to the police report written by the officers who followed him, unveiled by Le Parisien, yellow vest on his outfit entirely black, the young man indulged in a series of degradations on Bank Windows, insurance. He turned to a luxury vehicle and then to other cars before burning the Sentinel mission vehicle. The police say they were unable to call before the end of the day without risking a riot.

A warrant of criminal filing was pronounced against Thomas P. after his custody, during which he remained silent. For the time being, it was not heard by a judge. He wanted to write this letter before he went to see a judge, explains his lawyer, Martin Méchin. It's a rare, courageous word because it takes all the risks. He wanted to explain why we can be brought to do this, not just in a destructive spirit. "Thomas P. may not be judged for several months.