After recent scenes of youth violence, the government is pulling the weapon of curfew. On Monday, the Minister of the Interior announced the imposition of a curfew in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, for all young people under 18 from 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM for a period of two months. The death of 15-year-old Shemseddine in Viry-Châtillon, the attack on Samara in front of her school or the death of Thomas in Crépol are still in everyone’s memory – not to mention the riots that gripped the country last summer after the death of Nahel. .
It is in this context that the mayor of Béziers, Robert Ménard, who is close to the extreme right, followed in the footsteps of Gérald Darmanin on Monday by issuing a municipal decree which states that “no minor under the age of 13 can travel, unaccompanied by an adult, from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on public roads communications” in three priority districts. Robert Ménard justifies his decision by “the growing number of…