The emotion and controversy aroused by the arrest of Gaspard Glanz during act 23 "yellow vests" have led to a wave of support for the independent journalist, including financial. As spotted by L'Express , the amount of donations for its media Taranis News has exploded in recent days on the online pool site Tipeee.
While on April 15, the meter showed the sum of 564 euros monthly, recurring donations have now increased to 5,900 euros monthly. A nice sum that could allow Gaspard Glanz to pay two employees, as he proposes on the site of the kitty, inviting Internet users to support "a free and independent media".
"Our country needs people like you"
On the site, donations are accompanied by many comments published since the journalist's arrest. "Do not let go, our country needs people like you," one donor said. "I hope this meager financial support will help give you the courage and the means to continue your commitment: to inform the citizens," writes another.
Gaspard Glanz will respect his judicial control
Tuesday twenty-two journalists' companies have given their "full support" to the reporter "prevented from doing his job as a journalist". Arrested Saturday in the act 23 "yellow vests" for having made a finger of honor after being pushed by a police officer, the journalist was given Monday, after two days in custody, a summons to be tried on October 18 at the Paris court. He will be tried for "contempt of person depositary of public authority", according to his lawyer Raphael Kempf and the Paris prosecutor. By that date, he was banned from appearing in Paris every Saturday and May 1, according to the requisitions of the prosecutor's office, said his lawyer.
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Invited Tuesday of Europe 1, Gaspard Glanz affirmed that he would respect this prohibition, contrary to what he had announced at first. "I prefer to respect my judicial control so that my lawyers have all the weapons in their hands to fight what is happening and solve this problem definitely," he said.