André, a "yellow vest" of 52 years who had affixed in the back of his van, in Tarn-et-Garonne, a poster "cop suicide, half forgiven, others mutilate us", will be judged on July 12 to Montauban for "outrage". The message, written on a yellow background, was discovered on the rear window of the van by passers-by at Caussade. The gendarmerie has warned the owner of the vehicle in custody at the end of last week.
The latter, originally from Alsace but living in Caussade for several years, was presented Tuesday morning to the prosecutor of Montauban, who released him under judicial supervision. He is summoned on July 12 before the Montauban Criminal Court.
"I never called to kill anyone"
"This is an inscription that was already laid in Brittany, I reproduced it," says Andrew, retired mechanic and "yellow vest" from the first hour, at the microphone of Europe 1. "It is a provocation but from there to claim the violence and death of people, no, I never called to kill anyone, "he insists.
"A number of policemen have lost their lives but not others, there are others, farmers, the unemployed, people are fed up, they can not finish the end of the month. Their life is as good as that of the police, that's what I mean, "he said, adding to replace this poster with a new" shocking but not reprehensible. "
The prefect condemns "with the greatest firmness"
In a statement, the prefect of Tarn-et-Garonne "condemned with the utmost firmness the words written by a 'yellow vest' of the department on suicides in the police". He said he hoped "a conviction at the height of the ignominy of the remarks".
Saturday, during the demonstration in Paris, "yellow vests" have repeatedly shouted "Suicide you, you commit suicide" to the police, while the police are affected by an unprecedented wave of suicides -28 in total - since the beginning of the year. These slogans also raised a wave of outrage among police unions and politicians, from LREM to the PS to LR.