A month after the death of Samuel Paty, the history and geography professor beheaded at the end of his college in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines), the title of rapper Maka had caused controversy and aroused many criticisms, in particular from the share of elected officials.
Released around November 12 on several platforms, including YouTube, the song was withdrawn quickly.
But it has since been reposted, so the clip is still on view today.
In this title, the 18-year-old singer, living in the Orly Parc district of Lagny-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), sings "We cut like Samuel Paty, without empathy" in front of a burning car or in the middle of several other young men.
They are sometimes armed with saws, machetes or knives, on Place Marcel-Rivière, central point of the district, in a building lobby or in the surrounding car parks.
This is where a car allegedly burned down during the filming of the clip at the end of October.
At the beginning of the song, it is also specified in a short text: “This is not a call to hatred but the illustration of human nature.
Never mind, don't take what is said at face value.
Nothing opposes us.
"
But that did not prevent Maka from finding himself face to face with the police officers of the agglomeration of Chessy / Lagny in recent hours.
Tuesday, he was arrested at Orly Parc and taken into custody.
He will be referred Thursday for a judgment in immediate appearance before the criminal court of Meaux.
He is being prosecuted for direct and public apology of terrorism and degradation of the property of others by a means dangerous for people.
"He disputes the offenses with which he is accused," said the prosecutor of Meaux, Laureline Peyrefitte.
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Already known to the police, he was released from prison a year ago.
According to our information, he would have served a sentence for his participation in the events of September 2018, when a settling of scores, against a background of latent conflict between young Lagny and Thorigny-sur-Marne, had taken place below the Orly Parc district. .
At the time, the three occupants of a car were targeted.
Stones or iron bars were used to beat them, and two victims were also shot and wounded.
"It's art, it was not to prejudice Samuel Paty or to provoke", defend his relatives
Two years later, Maka thus finds herself again at grips with justice.
“We are satisfied that he was arrested.
Seeing the clip, we went up the track, discovered who he was and made a report to the police and the prosecutor of Meaux, indicates the town hall of Lagny-sur-Marne.
In this story, nothing goes.
We have a burning car, weapons on display, shocking words.
We don't cut people up and we don't fuck France.
"
“We expected this custody.
France is a country that runs at two speeds, freedom of expression is not used for everyone, denounces Thierry, a close friend of Maka.
We saw it as an injustice, Maka did not expect to be arrested, he is a turbulent youngster.
Thursday, during the judgment, we expect the judges to be understanding.
It's art, it wasn't to prejudice Samuel Paty or provoke.
But we knew that would not be understood.
"
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“It's not terrorism, but it's out of the question for people to have fun doing anything.
He's a little guy without stature.
We apply zero tolerance to nonsense, resumes the town hall.
In Lagny, as soon as we can transmit similar facts to the Meaux prosecutor, we will.
"
A schoolboy threatened his teacher by taking back Maka
On November 12, when the title of Maka had just been released on the platforms, a schoolboy from La Grange du Bois, in Savigny-le-Temple, threatened his history-geography teacher to cut it up like Samuel Paty .
In police custody, he had indicated that he was resuming this song from Maka.
When heard, his father told investigators that his son, a Muslim, was "not radicalized".
An investigation had been opened for death threats against a person entrusted with a public service mission by the Melun prosecutor's office.
The teenager, in third grade, who also carried a Taser pulse gun in one of his pockets, was presented to a juvenile judge.