For the first time since the start of the mobilization against the health pass, two events were organized simultaneously in Compiègne and Beauvais (Oise) this weekend.
Two processions which gave rise to the opening of two separate investigations for "public provocation to hatred", because of anti-Semitic messages relayed on the spot.
This Monday evening, a protester from Beauvais is still actively sought by the police for having brandished a sign with a yellow diamond, in reference to the yellow star, the discrimination and marking device imposed by Nazi Germany on Jews during of World War II.
The sign also featured the inscription “Totalitarian Pass”, with typography suggesting the acronym “SS”.
“The Beauvais prosecutor's office has opened an investigation,” confirms Eric Heip, the Departmental Director of Public Security in the Oise this evening.
The person is being identified.
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Already Saturday, in Compiègne, a young man was arrested at the end of the demonstration, his shoulders girdled with a “royalist” flag and wearing a “bob and a T-shirt marked with a
Who?
with two devil's horns ”. Five hundred people had gathered for this first in the imperial city. “It was frankly good-natured. No overflow. We were all there to express our opinion and our indignation. We were just defending our freedom, ”explains one participant. “There was a security service that had spotted him in the procession. We then arrested him at the end of the demonstration, ”explains Eric Heip.
Fight against public provocation to hatred #antisemitism ➡️
Signs “Who” brandished by an individual yesterday during the demonstration in Compiègne
➡️The individual arrested will be tried in October by the criminal court
↪️1 year imprisonment + € 45,000 d 'fine incurred pic.twitter.com/mrsZXYXuJC
- Prosecutor Compiègne (@ProcCompiegne) August 15, 2021
The man, "under 30 years old", will appear on October 26 for "public provocation to hatred or violence towards a person or a group of people because of their origin or their belonging or not belonging to an ethnic group, a nation, a race or a specific religion ”, specified the prosecutor, Marie-Céline Lawrysz. An offense punishable by imprisonment for one year and a fine of 45,000 euros, the Compiègne prosecutor's office added in a tweet, with the hashtag #antisemitism.
