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Was there a desire to make an example and make an impression, while cases of harassment with dramatic consequences make the headlines? After the arrest of a teenager, Monday September 18, in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), students are shocked.
A single topic of discussion arises on the morning of Wednesday September 20, in front of a college in Alfortville (Val-de-Marne). Monday, September 18, in the middle of the afternoon, a 14-year-old young man is suspected of harassing a student attending another establishment. Handcuffed, the student leaves the class in front of his classmates. “We were in SVT class, the principal arrived and said that the police were going to intervene“, describes a schoolgirl. Four police officers grab the suspect by the arm and take him away. “Everyone was shocked“testifies another.
The alleged victim had received death threats
The method raises the question: was it necessary to intervene in the middle of the lesson in front of the other students? “If we have to make an arrest, we wait until recess, lunch time, the exit, we do not question a student in the middle of the class“, supports Jean-Rémi Girard, president of the National Union of Colleges and High Schools. For the government, the police acted in compliance and with the agreement of the prosecution. According to the police, the seriousness of the death threats received by a 15-year-old transgender high school student justified this arrest. The 14-year-old alleged harasser will be the subject of an educational reparation measure to make him aware of the consequences of his actions.