Sebastien Lecornu

“For the past three weeks, we’ve been hearing that ‘the police kill’ or ‘the police injure people’. And then, for the past two days, we’ve been asked, ‘What is the police doing?’ A very French kind of schizophrenia,”

Sebastien Lecornu · said 2026-10-19 · reported 2026-10-21

Lecornu remarked on the contradictory public reactions to police conduct during the protests, calling it a very French kind of schizophrenia.

“It's a miracle the toll wasn't higher,”

Sebastien Lecornu · said 2026-10-17 · reported 2026-10-17

Lecornu made the remark while visiting police officers deployed in Paris on Saturday evening after nationwide protests resulted in arrests and injuries.