“Samuel Paty is nowhere in Bordeaux. We put it everywhere. “Several squares in Bordeaux were renamed, overnight from Friday to Saturday, after the name of the teacher murdered in the middle of the street on October 16, 2020 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine.
These posters imitating street signs, with the mention “Samuel Paty-1973-2020”, were put up by a citizen collective which then opened a Twitter account widely distributing these photos. Unlike other French cities, the town hall of Bordeaux refused to give the name of a place to the History-Geo teacher beheaded by an Islamist terrorist.
The Renouveau Bordeaux group, led by Thomas Cazenave (LREM), had repeatedly asked Pierre Hurmic that the city pay tribute to Samuel Paty, and had even launched a petition to this effect. Saturday, Thomas Cazenave said he was “happy with this initiative from Bordeaux” who can be assured of his “support. »