Alpes de Haute Provence. The former butcher had threatened the gendarmes, before planting his knife in the hood of their car

“The uniform is not armour, it is not protection against death threats and other physical and moral attacks. We do not touch a representative of the police,” scolds Rémy Avon, public prosecutor, addressing Jean-Pierre Loss, 66.

The retired butcher is a little man with a rare and frustrated verb, visibly uncomfortable in front of the criminal court, which he has never faced. However, it is this same sexagenarian who…