The hand of justice has been very heavy. After the urban riots in connection with the death of Nahel, 1,300 people were referred to the prosecution, of which 905 were the subject of an immediate appearance, according to the Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti. In total, 1,278 judgments were pronounced, with 95% convictions, detailed the Keeper of the Seals on RTL. At the end of these hearings, 1,056 people were sentenced to imprisonment, including 742 to a firm sentence with an average amount of 8.2 months. So far, 600 people have been imprisoned.
The death of Nahel, 17, killed at close range during a traffic check in Nanterre, west of Paris, set the country ablaze, causing several consecutive nights of violence, car fires, ransacking of buildings public and looting in many cities in France. “The other part was to remind young people that Snapchat is not a hideout, and that you can “fuck the accounts”, that is to say, when two kids call each other to meet. and to hit a target, you can find them,” the minister said. “The convictions have been made.”
As for the legal proceedings carried out against the parents, “there will be some”, replied the minister, “because it deserves an expertise”. “It is not a question of punishing the mother who works at night and who raises her child alone, systematization is never good, it is case by case,” said Eric Dupond-Moretti.
In 2005, after three weeks of urban revolt following the death of two teenagers in Clichy-sous-Bois, pursued by the police, 4,728 people were arrested and the courts handed down more than 400 prison sentences.