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Fast-track trials began Tuesday at the Tribunal de Paris for suspects arrested during France's largest riots in years. Over 2,500 people were detained nationwide, including about 550 in Paris, a small minority of the half a million who protested Saturday. The justice minister, Gérald Darmanin, instructed prosecutors to seek harsh sentences, calling the first convictions "just the beginning of the guilty verdicts." Defense lawyers protested the minister's comments as the politicization of justice.

Observed trials lasted less than an hour, offering only snippets about defendants' backgrounds. Of 14 closely followed cases, 10 involved young men from working-class suburbs on the edge of Paris. Victor Bertois, 21, a video production student, was among the first tried.

He faced accusations of helping build a barricade and throwing projectiles at police, which he denied, claiming he was beaten by officers after falling to the ground. The trials highlighted the French state's effort to reassert control and punish those involved in the unrest that led to attacks on government buildings and the looting of over 3,000 businesses.

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