A lawyer was arrested and placed in custody Saturday for "incitement to rebellion" at a quiet meeting of nearly a hundred "yellow vests" in Nancy, on the occasion of "the act 9 "of mobilization, reported Sunday the prosecutor's office. The custody of the lawyer, registered at the bar of Epinal, was raised Saturday at 19h "on instruction of the parquet of Nancy," said François Pérain, prosecutor in Nancy. The procedure has been transmitted to the public prosecutor, who will take a decision on the follow-up to be given to the facts after having read it in its entirety.
It encourages them to break the security cordon. While "yellow vests", the number of which ranged from 40 to 100, were quietly gathered in the Republic Square, "an individual outside the rally shouted to the demonstrators that he was a lawyer and (they) encouraged break the security cordon "set up by the police," said the prosecutor, confirming information from the East Republican . He also called them "to leave the premises claiming that the maneuver by the police, ultimately to intimidate the protesters not to travel on public roads, was illegal," he added. It followed "a movement of crowd, certain persons undertaking notably to span the barriers set up and going in contact with the police officers who repulsed them without difficulty", described François Pérain.
Images of this sequence have been broadcast on social networks:
Business cards distributed to protesters. The gathering of "yellow vests" was not declared in prefecture, so "illegal", he recalled. Placed in custody for "incitement to rebellion", the lawyer challenged "to have urged the demonstrators to break the safety net". He admitted to "meeting with some demonstrators and some members of the security forces" and "distributing professional (visiting) cards on this occasion," he added.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan was indignant at this arrest on Twitter, indicating that Maître Vallas, "adherent" of his party Debout France, "reminded" yellow vests "their rights".
Outrageous arrest of Maître Vallas, lawyer and member of @DLF_Officiel, on the sole pretext that, peacefully, he reminded of #GiletsJaunes their rights. #Nancy
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