A biker, member of a group of rappers from Lyon called "
Les Daltons
", was taken into custody on Friday October 29 at the end of the day after an urban rodeo in downtown Lyon, AFP learned from Prefecture.
The young man, who was alone on his motorcycle, was arrested in the 7th arrondissement, said the prefecture, while two other people riding a second motorcycle were on the run.
The three bikers borrowed, around 6 p.m., the quays of the Rhône, before passing in particular by the place Bellecour and the sector of Perrache.
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On videos and photos posted on the Instagram account of this collective of rappers who love urban rodeos, which they practice disguised as "
Dalton
", we see in particular the three bikers, hooded and masked, dressed in yellow and black striped outfits.
One of the two motorcycles is painted with the same colors.
Three members of the collective arrested a week ago
On Twitter, the Rhône prefecture denounced “
irresponsible behavior
”.
“
These individuals carry no message.
They are delinquents,
”she added.
“
I strongly condemn the rodeo held in the city center today.
It is intolerable that the population is exposed to such risks
”, wrote on Twitter the EELV mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet.
The prefecture had announced the day before the ban on “
wild gatherings
” of large-capacity cars and motorcycles on Friday evening in three towns in the Lyon suburbs, where precedents have gathered hundreds of people in recent weeks.
Saturday, October 23, the police had already arrested, in Lyon, three members of the "
Dalton
", the four convict bandits from the Lucky Luke comic strip.
They are due to be tried on November 26.
At the end of August, another member of the “Dalton”, who was accused of having organized four rodeos in the 8th arrondissement and on the ring road between February 14 and June 17, was sentenced to nine months in prison.
Mehdi Fiad, 30 years old, alias "
Many GT
", had assured that it was about filming of clips.
