The prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille Dominique Laurens – Christophe Simon / AFP
According to information from Provence, the prosecutor of the Republic of Marseille Dominique Laurens opened a judicial investigation after the publication of an article by
Marsactu, reporting racist remarks made by the president of a nautical club in the city during a port council. Elected officials from Marseille, as well as SOS Racisme, as revealed by 20 Minutes, seized justice in the wake, outraged by the violence of these comments.
Referring to the problem of incivility during a meeting at the Pointe-Rouge marina organized under the aegis of the Aix-Provence-Marseille metropolis, on February 22, Christian Tommasini had mentioned the possibility of a “ratonnade », Attacking in very virulent and pejorative terms the« Arabs ». Two elected officials, an LR vice-president of the Metropolis and an elected representative of Printemps Marseillais, the left-wing majority at the head of the city, attended this council.