Anthony Smith believed that police violence, like all violence, should be condemned, and denounced what he considered to be a "double standard." Citing statements reported by France 3 Champagne-Ardenne, he indicated that the prosecutor of Marne had dismissed on October 2 the hypothesis of plainclothes police throwing an object, rather seeing it as a sign of the growing presence of people who were not high school students in the marches. On October 4, the prosecutor stated that a police officer had thrown a smoke grenade within the legal framework of maintaining order and expressed his support for law enforcement. (translated)
