The son of an RN deputy from Tarn, as well as two of his friends belonging to a nationalist group called Patria Albiges, are being prosecuted for incitement to racial hatred and will be tried in correctionalwe learned on Tuesday from concordant sources.
On June 10, two days after the knife attack that left six injured, including four young children, in a park in Annecy, posters bearing the words “Parc fermé – reason for closure: high risk of being stabbed – let’s protect our families from immigration ”, had been found on the gates of municipal parks in Albi, recalled the city prosecutor’s office, in a press release.
“This action was claimed by Patria Albiges” and “the investigations made it possible to identify three men, aged 20 to 25” who will be tried on September 26, in particular for “provocation to hatred or violence because of origin, ethnic group, nation, race or religion”.
In a press release, the RN deputy for Tarn Frédéric Cabrolier confirmed that it was indeed his “25-year-old son and two of his comrades” who had “affixed posters (…) denouncing the knife attack in Annecy by a migrant”.
“Like common thugs”
He regretted that they were placed under judicial control “like common thugs” and that “his son’s name and surname had been thrown to the press. »
On the Instagram page of Patria Albiges, a video of the action of its activists affixing their posters as well as a photo of the action are still visible.
Belonging to this “local organization of young nationalists in the throes of Albigensian leftists does not justify the special treatment reserved for my honorably known son in Albi”, argued the deputy who denounces a “double standard in political repression”. , “local antifa posters or stickers that unequivocally call for violence” not being, according to him, treated in the same way.
Questioned by an AFP correspondent, the visibly very moved elected official spoke of “a political procedure” and displayed his desire to “defend the honor of my son”.
“Our children are revolted, it’s true, as others can be and they react with the excesses of their youth, but I don’t condemn them,” he added.