// Four officers charged after youth worker with no criminal record was allegedly raped with a police baton, prompting a wave of protests in the area.
During the operation the officers “attempted to arrest a 22-year-old man”... and “one of them used an expandable baton”.
The man, known only as Theo, suffered such serious injuries to his rectum that he needed major emergency surgery, and remains in hospital.
The charges prompted a wave of protests in Aulnay-sous-Bois, with crowds coming out on Monday holding banners and T-shirts bearing the message: "Justice for Theo". //
Just had a look at the French papers and TV, and they are not reporting much, if anything. I can see plenty of references to mass riots on far right sites, but they seem to show the same clip of a few windows being smashed. It looks like the right are overhyping the protests and in reality, not a lot really happened.