The Minister of the Interior denounces an “ignominious poster”. For its part, the prefecture considers that “this shocking and hateful poster seriously insults the national police”.
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On Friday, September 22, the Vienne prefecture seized the Poitiers prosecutor for “public insult” after a poster announcing a demonstration against police violence associated a swastika with the logo of the national police. The referral to the prosecutor, made at the request of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, according to a tweet of this, also covers the offense “exhibition of insignia or emblems reminiscent of those of organizations responsible for crimes against humanity”specifies the prefecture in a press release.
On my instructions, the Prefect of Vienne contacted the Public Prosecutor following the distribution of this ignominious poster. https://t.co/Iin97i8mz6
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) September 22, 2023
The poster distributed by the “Poitiers antifasciste” collective shows a black shoe, bearing the latter’s logo, about to crush a snake whose head is marked with a swastika and topped with a hat bearing the logo of the national police. “This shocking and hateful poster seriously insults the national police” And “expresses a message that could call for violence against the police”denounces the prefecture.
According to her, a united march “against racism, for social justice, against police violence” is organized on Saturday in Poitiers at the initiative of representatives of La France insoumise and the Independent Workers’ Party. The “Poitiers antifasciste” collective called for participation on social networks by distributing this poster.