The aggression of the police in Lyon in the Guillotière district gives way to controversy. A foreign suspect briefly arrested, then put “exonerated”, should be expelled, announced the Minister of the Interior, despite protests from the left.
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The aftermath of the attack on the police in Lyon in the Guillotière district are turning into controversy. Sunday July 24, Gérald Darmanin announces that a person has been arrested: it is a “foreign offender”, who “will be expelled”. However, qa few hours later, disavowed by the prefecture which ensures that the man arrested is innocent in this affair, Gérald Darmanin tries to rectify the situation. “In connection with the events or nothe wrote. This individual is known for many indictments. He has no place in our country.”
In connection with the events or not, known for numerous accusations: theft, violence, death threat to a person holding public authority, possession of drugs, violence in meetings… this individual has nothing to do in our country which is generous if we respect it https://t.co/UMetCoe3zf
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) July 24, 2022
For the Green MP Sandrine Rousseau, a threshold has been crossed. “The Minister of the Interior says, without any respect for any procedure, that he will expel a man: we then learn that he is not involved and he perseveres. We have seen it with the Stade of France, it was immediately the foreigners who were the cause of all the ills of France!”denounces the deputy of Nupes to franceinfo.
On social media, Ecologists are the ones who blame the minister the most, saying he “flirt” openly the extreme right, and “tries to compete with Marine Le Pen, to hit immigrants”as MP Aurélien Taché explains.
“Darmanin is in a takeover operation on the National Rally or in any case on his voters. He does it more for him than for Emmanuel Macron, since Macron no longer has a stake.”
Aurélien Taché, ecologist MPat franceinfo
“Gérald Darmanin, probably wishing to position himself for the future, imagines that he will be a credible candidate on the right by hunting down foreigners”, he adds. Contacted by franceinfo, the Ministry of the Interior ensures that these operations will multiply to expel all foreign offenders in an irregular situation.