Gérald Darmanin announced Monday, November 15 that the Ministry of the Interior had asked Facebook to close the Instagram account of the “
Dalton
”, on which this collective of rappers from Lyon taunting the authorities posted their videos of urban rodeos.
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"
I tell Instagram that they must close their account (...) I do not understand why the Facebook group does not close this account,
" said the Minister of the Interior on
CNews
.
“
We've been writing to them for three days.
We will indeed start to get angry at the Interior Ministry
, ”he added.
The Pharos platform requested
Several reports were made to the Pharos platform, responsible for the fight against illegal content on the internet, his entourage told AFP. Several people claiming to be part of this collective have already been questioned. A member of the "
Dalton
" was indicted Friday for "
complicity
", five days after the escalation of the fence of the prison of Corbas (Rhône) by one of his associates.
The scene was immortalized in a video posted on social networks showing a "
Dalton
" climbing the fence of this prison, in the suburbs of Lyon, then, after coming down, throwing objects inside, probably at destination of detainees.
"
Nobody said it
", but "
there was hashish inside
" the package, said Gérald Darmanin.
It is in this prison that Many-GT, 30 years old, the leader of the “
Dalton
”
is detained
, sentenced at the end of August to nine months in prison for his participation in rodeos organized for the filming of a clip of the group.
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Other “
Dalton
” have also been arrested recently, including two who burst onto the pitch during the Lyon-Prague football match on November 4.
The day before, a young man of 19 had been sentenced to an eight-month suspended sentence for an urban rodeo organized on October 29 at Place Bellecour, in the heart of the city center, and broadcast live on Instagram.
