Profiles of October 17 rioters: gendarme's son, film students, stable hand

French courts held immediate hearings Tuesday for suspects arrested during weekend protests. Defendants included a gendarme's son, film students, and a stable hand, facing charges from looting to violence. Sentences ranged from suspended terms to semi-liberty. In Paris, a video artist denied throwing a cone at police, while a BTS student tearfully claimed officers beat him. A third student admitted stealing glasses and liquor, which he called "curiosity." Two men were found locked inside Printemps with Louis Vuitton items, one wearing tagged sneakers. In Bordeaux, a GIGN officer's son was convicted for entering a ransacked prefecture, receiving six months suspended and a public employment ban. In Marseille, an Algerian man under OQTF got six months suspended for receiving stolen goods.