Stéphane Espic, who became known during the movement of "yellow vests", was arrested Wednesday at 10 am and was still in custody in the early evening, said the prosecution of Besançon, which opened an investigation for "degradation of public property, contempt of a person holding public authority and theft".
The action was filmed and posted on Facebook, continue the lawyers, who add that their client deposited on the spot “a lobster (…) in order to indicate the dimension both humorous and political of his act”.
With the words "no to the health pass!"
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The video visible on the “support for dissidence” group shows in particular the portrait of the Head of State being withdrawn from its frame and replaced by the photocopy of a QR code in the form of a middle finger and bearing the mention "no to the health pass!"
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A large inflatable lobster is visible in the images.
Another sequence of the video then shows the portrait of Emmanuel Macron torn, his head removed from the photo.
The qualifications retained by the prosecution are "inappropriate", believe Mes Branco and Libeskind, according to which "no" theft, contempt or degradation can be blamed on Mr. Espic.
They also consider the arrest and detention of their client to be “completely arbitrary and political”.
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