A fine of 1,000 euros was requested on Friday against far-right senator Stéphane Ravier, prosecuted in Marseille for racial defamation after the publication in July 2021 of a tweet in which he felt that “immigration is killing the youth of France”.
In this message on Twitter on July 11, 2021, Senator RN, who then joined Eric Zemmour before the presidential election, had posted the photo of the young seller of a telephone shop killed with a knife the day before in Seine-et- Marne, accompanying him with the following message: “Theo, 18, murdered yesterday by a Senegalese in #ClayeSouilly. Immigration kills the youth of France. »
Deliberate on July 7
Requesting a fine of 1,000 euros, the public prosecutor ruled that the offense of public defamation due to belonging to a race was well characterized in this message, reported to the prosecution by the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism. (Likra).
“The juxtaposition of the Senegalese nationality of the assassin and the term immigration consists in targeting a particular community”, “the immigrant community”, and “we even indicate a geographical origin”, developed Alain Berthomieu. The decision, subject to deliberation, will be rendered on July 7.