On Thursday, January 10, the defender of rights Jacques Toubon advocated the ban of flashballs for the maintenance of order. "It's in law enforcement that intermediate weapons (like flashballs and LBDs) are a problem," he told Europe 1 on Thursday night.
"Return to the maintenance of order". "They present a danger that makes the integrity of the people who manifest can be reached," said Jacques Toubon. "Should we not go back to a law enforcement doctrine (which has three things: intelligence, pushing more, communication, [so that police officers] speak with those who protest, and support?"
"We have to take into account the new ways of demonstrating and the intervention of violent groups in the demonstrations," said the defender. "We must preserve the freedom to demonstrate," he said.