The magazine Têtu questioned the police headquarters on this subject for explanations. They are surprising to say the least.
Saturday, October 10, 2020, the Marchons Enfants collective, of which the Manif pour Tous is a part, calls its supporters to gather in the big cities of France. The protests are surrounded by large police forces. The marches are tense, due to the animosity between the protesters and the counter-protesters. In Toulouse, the protest police attack a young journalist who films the procession. Yet he manages to photograph two women bravely kissing each other in protest.
In Paris, there are around 100 demonstrators in front of the Justice Ministry to protest the opening of the PMA to all women. Within this gathering, two couples exchange kisses between the same sexes, in protest. The demonstrators then begin to take them to task. A photographer present takes out his camera to document the scene.
What he tells Têtu magazine is astounding. The police take over from the demonstration and take the two couples out, violently on the men.
The facts are shocking, and the magazine then challenges the police headquarters on the reason for this exfiltration. The latter legitimizes the intervention by maintaining public order and the fact that the counter-protesters did not declare their presence. However, the facts question: what message are the police sending by this gesture? How not to fear or give up going to file a complaint in the event of a homophobic attack afterwards?
On Twitter, the LGBT Association of the Ministries of the Interior and of Justice for the Fight against LGBT Phobias and Discrimination is also attacked in order to explain itself.