Europe 1 with AFP 6:13 p.m., November 20, 2021
Two people present at the Parisian rally of "yellow vests" were arrested and taken into custody on Saturday because of a drawing deemed offensive on a van featuring Emmanuel Macron, the prefect of police and US President Joe Biden, explains The police headquarters.
Two people present at the Parisian rally of "yellow vests" were arrested and taken into police custody on Saturday because of a design deemed offensive on a van featuring Emmanuel Macron, the prefect of police and US President Joe Biden, a we learned from the police headquarters.
"This is the owner of the vehicle and the driver," she said.
The prefect of police Didier Lallement decided to file a complaint, she added.
Investigation opened for contempt of person holding public authority
They were taken into custody as part of an investigation for contempt of person holding public authority, confirmed the Paris prosecutor's office.
Surmounted by the inscription "La sodomie en marche" with the French flag and sheep in the background, the graffiti figures Joe Biden manipulating like a puppet the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron with the prefect of police.
It was carried out on a side face of the van, a pink food truck regularly present on the gatherings of "yellow vests", which celebrate their third anniversary on Saturday.
The vehicle was no longer present at midday at Bercy, in the east of the capital, the starting point of the Parisian procession which brought together several hundred people, according to an AFP journalist.