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"I was filled with disgust": Damien T. explains why he slapped Emmanuel Macron

2021-06-11T01:08:36.428Z


Damien T., 28, is on trial this Thursday in Valence after assaulting the Head of State on Tuesday during a trip to Drôme, in Tain l'Her


The trial of Damien T., the alleged perpetrator of the slap inflicted on the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron during a trip to Tain-l'Hermitage (Drôme), opened this Thursday in the early afternoon .

The file of this young man of 28 years passed this Thursday in immediate appearance, two days after the facts which aroused a unanimous disapproval of the political world.

At the bar, according to BFMTV, he confirmed not to have "contested his gesture" and expressed his desire to "be tried immediately", while a possibility of postponement of the hearing was put forward. He also explained that with his alleged accomplice, they had first "considered throwing an egg or a custard pie" at the president. Damien T. also affirmed that, according to him, "Macron represents very well the downfall of our country" and confided to have been "filled with disgust" when he saw the president approaching him just before slapping him.

Arrested with him, his comrade "Arthur C. will for his part be issued a summons to court for the end of the second half of 2022 to respond to offenses related to illegally held weapons" found at his home, according to the public prosecutor. Republic of Valencia, Alex Perrin.

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Residing in Saint-Vallier, north of Valence, the two men were arrested immediately after the incident.

They are “both unknown to the judicial and intelligence services”.

They are members of associations of their commune "in connection with the martial arts, the Middle Ages and the manga universe", recalled the magistrate.

Close to "the movement of yellow vests"

During his hearing, Damien T., "as a couple, without children, without profession", admitted "having struck a blow to the Head of State and having spoken words denouncing the policy".

Close, according to him, to "the movement of yellow vests" and sharing "traditional political convictions of the right or the ultra right" without being "of any party or expressed activism", he claimed to have "acted instinctively and without thinking to express his dissatisfaction, ”Mr. Perrin further explained.

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As for Arthur C., "single, childless, interim, arrested alongside his friend after filming the attack on the Head of State, he" was able to explain his presence on the scene without participating in the aggression ”by the President of the Republic. At his home, "old books on the art of war and Mein Kampf as well as a red flag with yellow hammer and sickle and a flag of the Russian Revolution" were found during a search.

Source: leparis

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