The death in the performance of his duties, in Avignon on May 5, of a police officer, shot dead on a deal basis, sparked a wave of emotion and reactions on social networks.
This virtual arena where you strike without striking a blow, entrenched behind your screen, with sometimes excessive puns, hateful comments, even too many. A 40-year-old Guénangeois, speaking on the Web under the pseudonym Arsène Lupine, was the subject of a report for having taken up the case for the shooter on the Facebook page of France Bleu Vaucluse: “Tribute to the one who fired ”or“ I hope that will wake up the others ”.
Summoned to the Thionville Criminal Court, he explains having “exaggerated”. And to regret: “The comments have been taken out of context” Indeed, the former drug addict explains that his intention was not to undermine the police, but only to provoke a surfer too zealous for his liking who said he wanted to “exterminate delinquents”.
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Until it borders on insolence
At the helm, he sticks to his positions until it borders on insolence. “We sent the GIGN to smash my door for comments,” he said in court. “Antisocial” and “impulsive” according to psychologists, the defendant already convicted eleven times for acts of violence, degradation and in connection with narcotics, does not understand what he is doing there. “These are just words,” he repeats over and over.
“Words, yes, but we must ensure that there is no action”, replies Ludovic Louet, the representative of the prosecution who requires a ten-month sentence, five of which are suspended for three years. and the obligation to perform community service for 105 hours. In a final provocation, the forty-something addressing the court cowardly: “I will always write what I want to write even behind bars. You will not be able to prevent me ”.
After deliberation, the court sentenced him to a four-month prison term with a two-year probationary suspension and an obligation to seek employment, take care of himself and do a citizenship internship.
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