Caricatures surmounted by the inscription “Sodomy on the move!!

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This Friday, the owner of a restaurant truck and the driver of the vehicle on which were represented Emmanuel Macron, the prefect of police of Paris and the American president Joe Biden were released by the criminal court of Paris.

The truck had paraded during a gathering of "yellow vests" last year.

The prefect of police Didier Lallement had filed a complaint for "contempt of a person holding public authority" against the two people, arrested in Paris during a demonstration on the occasion of the third anniversary of the "yellow vests" movement. , in November 2021.

The van, painted entirely in pink, represented Joe Biden manipulating Emmanuel Macron like a puppet.

The latter was shown without pants, placed behind the prefect of police of Paris Didier Lallement next to sheep.

“Good news for freedom of expression”

“A contempt must be addressed to its addressee, which was not the case in this case”, indicated the president of the court, to explain the release.

At the hearing, on April 1, the prosecution had requested a fine of 400 euros against Carole Pigaiani, owner of the truck, and 300 euros against the driver, Ali M.

Their lawyers pleaded for release, arguing that this cartoon was part of the free exercise of satire and freedom of expression.

“This is very good news for freedom of expression”, reacted to AFP David Libeskind, lawyer for Carole Pigaiani, after reading the deliberation.

“We did not expect this decision.

I am pleasantly surprised by the independence of justice,” added Carole Pigaiani.

"It's a fair application of the law," also commented to AFP Ali M.'s lawyer, Alice Becker.

Our file "yellow vests"

Me Libeskind confirmed that his client intended to file a complaint for "harassment" and "discrimination" against the police, as he had announced his intention to do last November, arguing that since the appointment of Didier Lallement, "the security forces systematically blocked the pink truck with a clog, to get it out of the demonstrations".

The van, under seal since the arrest of its owner, will be returned to him, also ordered the court.

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