Jérôme Rodrigues, emblematic figure of the "yellow vests" arrested on Saturday February 12 near the Elysee Palace in Paris, will be tried on July 8 for "
organizing a prohibited demonstration
", AFP learned from concordant sources.
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Jérôme Rodrigues, placed in police custody for "
organization of a prohibited demonstration
" and "
participation in a group formed with a view to committing violence
", was presented to justice on Monday February 14, and was given a summons for trial -verbal for a subsequent trial before the criminal court, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
The hearing will take place on July 8.
“
Do you realize?
I made a call for solidarity (...) so that people can eat during the convoy and that is forbidden in France?
Today you get arrested for that
, ”criticized Jérôme Rodrigues in front of his supporters at the Tribunal.
"
The judge of freedoms and detention did not grant the request of the prosecution to impose a judicial review
"with a ban on demonstrations, his lawyer, Me Arié Alimi, told AFP.
78 people in custody
Jérôme Rodrigues was arrested near the Elysée, while the police restored traffic on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées where demonstrators participating in anti-pass convoys had burst into their vehicles.
One of the best known of the "
yellow vests
" movement, Jérôme Rodrigues lost an eye during a demonstration on January 26, 2019, while he was filming the arrival of the procession at Place de la Bastille in Paris.
A total of 78 people were taken into police custody during Saturday's demonstrations for "
participation in a group formed with a view to committing violence
", "
crowding despite being ordered to disperse
", "
insults and / or violence against anyone depositary of public authority
", "
rebellion
", or even "
bearing of arms
“, According to the latest report from the Paris prosecutor’s office.
Monday morning, 39 of them had been the subject of a classification without further action, 11 were to be presented to justice, including five before a delegate from the prosecutor, and eight received summonses to be tried later.
Three police custody were lifted for further investigations, and 17 were still in progress in the afternoon.
The situation of 5 minors also placed in police custody was managed by other competent prosecutors in their area of residence.
