In Arras (Pas-de-Calais),
the floor of the room creaks under his feet when he steps up to the bar.
Dani M. is alone.
At 18, he did not want to be accompanied by a lawyer.
He casts a wary gaze over the assembly, struggling to hide his annoyance at having to appear this Tuesday.
This acquaintance of the Arras attacker was tried before the criminal court for having made particularly violent remarks, calling for the beheading of Jews, justifying the attacks and celebrating the greatest torturers in History.
At nightfall, he was sentenced to five years of socio-judicial supervision.
“I was explaining how to slaughter a sheep”
Under a monumental chandelier, Dani M., red beard and sweatshirt bearing a crudely counterfeit luxury brand, saves his words to answer the president's questions.
“
Yes
”, he admits the facts with which he is accused.
“
Yes
”, he understands that these are serious facts.
Then adds: “
because here we can’t say that kind of thing.
» These “
things
”, he pronounced them…
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