His gesture had caused a lot of talk.
On August 2, on the sidelines of a demonstration against the health pass, Stéphane Espic had entered with other activists in the town hall of Besançon.
Then the "yellow vest" had replaced the portrait of Emmanuel Macron with a QR code representing a middle finger before tearing up the photograph of the President of the Republic.
More than three months after the facts, he appeared before the Besançon court on Thursday.
“For 9.90 euros, I think the town hall can support this act.
I think that before being indignant for a piece of paper, we should be indignant about the treatment of demonstrators in France, ”he defended himself at the bar, according to
L'Est Républicain
.
The public prosecutor requested a fine of 400 euros against him.
The decision will be made on November 12.
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