The Paris prosecutor’s office dismisses the report of Gérald Darmanin after suspicions of Nazi salutes during a demonstration

The Paris prosecutor’s office dismissed, “for lack of an offence”, the report made by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin after the publication on social networks of a photo of a group of extreme activists. right falsely suggesting Nazi salutes in the streets of Paris, the prosecution reported on Tuesday, January 25.

At the request of Gérald Darmanin, the police headquarters had reported to justice a photo taken on the sidelines of the anti-vaccination pass demonstration organized by the far-right party on January 15 in Paris. This photo “shocks a lot, rightly”, had tweeted the minister. The photo freezes most of the procession members with their arms outstretched, raised skyward, possibly suggesting the posture of Nazi salutes. But on a video, relayed in particular by the president of the Patriots Florian Philippot, we can see that it is a “clapping”, a ritual of supporters to applaud a team during the game or at the end of a match.

In the photograph, in particular broadcast on the Telegram “Ouest Casual” loop popular with the identity movement, but also on Twitter, several dozen people, dressed in black and some with hoods, parade behind a banner “freedoms are not granted, they are taken”, a quote from anti-Semitic writer Charles Maurras. “White Block of 200 nationalists at the demonstration against the health pass”, was thus captioned the photo on “Ouest Casual”.