The French Red Hands group conducted a series of coordinated vandalism attacks from 2018 into 2019 involving red handprint graffiti on schools, police stations, monuments, and public buildings across France. These acts served as symbolic protests against state policies and social inequalities, aiming to intimidate and undermine public trust in state institutions. The French state responded with criminal prosecutions and severe sentences in 2019, reinforcing a strong stance against political vandalism. This case exemplifies a growing trend of strategic vandalism in France as a form of societal pressure and cultural subversion with broader implications for internal security and social cohesion.

The French Red Hands group conducted a series of coordinated vandalism attacks from 2018 into 2019 involving red handprint graffiti on schools, police stations, monuments, and public buildings across France. These acts served as symbolic protests against state policies and social inequalities, aiming to intimidate and undermine public trust in state institutions. The French state responded with criminal prosecutions and severe sentences in 2019, reinforcing a strong stance against political vandalism. This case exemplifies a growing trend of strategic vandalism in France as a form of societal pressure and cultural subversion with broader implications for internal security and social cohesion.