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    It’s all kicking off now. There will be a police investigation (2 police unions are suing Benalla for impersonation), a judicial investigation and now a parliamentary investigation conducted by the "Commission des lois" of the National Assembly whose remit allows, since last night, to do just that but for one month only, they’ll kick off their work by summoning the Interior ministry on Monday. (These parliamentary investigation prerogatives were voted in last night, LREM MPs first refused to countenance the idea put forward by the opposition in the last two days but eventually caved in under the opposition and media pressure. The top tier of that committee is a little sewn up by LREM people but one of the 3 or 4 investigators is Guillaume Larrivé, a Republican MP, who's not known for taking fools gladly and will want to see results.)

    Turns out too that this Benalla character wasn’t just a bodyguard but was in fact quite close to Macron, he certainly had his ear on a number of things, not earth-shattering matters but the picture emerging from inside the Élysée Palace is that Macron listened to him more than some of his advisers, probably explains why Macron inexplicably tried to cover up for him and why that bodyguard felt that sense of impunity. For instance, he is apparently the one person who persuaded Macron to (very discreetly, non officially) invite Tom Cruise to the Élysée Palace last Saturday afternoon whereas Macron’s advisers were against it (Cruise, in Paris atm to promote his latest Mission Impossible, is popular in France of course but his Church of Scientology isn’t, it’s considered a cult and is banned).

    Still not a word from Macron who will find very hard to downplay this one.

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      It now emerges that he’s been living (presumably for free) in a flat that the Preisdency owns on the Quai Branly (the one that runs in front of the Eiffel Tower) and that he’s been getting information from certain police officers, one of whom is now under formal investigation.

      This is going to play for a while.

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        He was front and center of the victory parade last week, literally...

        Last edited by linus; 21-07-2018, 21:11.

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          Extraordinary goings-on in the French parliament.

          https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/vid...87_823448.html

          La reprise des travaux sur la révision constitutionnelle à l’Assemblée nationale a été compliquée, vendredi 20 juillet. Dans une grande tension, des députés des oppositions ont accusé vendredi Gérard Collomb de « mensonges » sur l’affaire Benalla, demandant que le ministre de l’intérieur, voire le premier ministre, vienne s’expliquer devant l’Assemblée. A l’unanimité, les oppositions ont également réclamé la suspension des débats sur la réforme constitutionnelle, pour faire face à l’actualité et à un « scandale d’Etat ».
          This ghastly Benalla was totally unknown only a few days ago, but he's managed to fuck up the parliamentary sessions in both chambers (National Assembly and Senate).

          The parliament has been holding extraordinary sessions since July 2nd and meant to finish around August 1st to catch up on a number of important bills that have been held back this spring. Now, the debates – currently on the modification of the constitution – have been effectively stopped thanks to sundry "rappels au réglement" (points of order), over 160 made since yesterday morning, on top of he numerous suspensions of session.

          The opposition is now demanding that the Interior minister or the prime minister, Edouard Philippe (who was on the Tour de France today...), come before the National Assembly and answer their questions.

          https://twitter.com/LCP/status/1020255376091074560

          https://twitter.com/LCP/status/1020225839990857728

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            Video released today of Benalla hitting in the leg, and possibly on the head, another young woman. He was already shown on the main video manhandling a woman out of the Place de la Contrescarpe so that’s a new one to add to the collection.

            Incidentally, Place de la Contrescarpe is where Hemingway lived for 19 months with his wife Hadley, just 30 metres round the corner on 74 rue du Cardinal-Lemoine, – at #71, James Joyce finished Ulysses. A Moveable Feast opens with a description of the grubby [and now defunct] Café des Amateurs, which was located in this picturesque square.

            https://twitter.com/scarletpolyglot/status/1019994028727853057

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              Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
              It now emerges that he’s been living (presumably for free) in a flat that the Preisdency owns on the Quai Branly (the one that runs in front of the Eiffel Tower) and that he’s been getting information from certain police officers, one of whom is now under formal investigation.

              This is going to play for a while.
              That block of flats on Quai Branly is where Mitterrand put up his "secret" mistress, art historian Anne Pingeot, for many years. (and daughter Mazarine, "Mitterrand’s secret daughter", now a university professor and writer). Secret but well protected. A 36-strong team of elite police officers were also employed to protect the president's second family.

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                I once made the mistake of turning into rue de Bièvre, the small street in the 5th where Mitterand's "official family" lived at about 3 am.

                The security at that location was rather less discreet.

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                  So..... is this guy the French Version of Michael D's personal assistant?

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                    There are some similarities, though Benalla seems to have had more trappings of power, including his own car and driver, in addition to use of the flat.

                    Then there's the predilection for sadistic violence.

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                      Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                      It now emerges that he’s been living (presumably for free) in a flat that the Preisdency owns on the Quai Branly.
                      What’s most damaging here for Macron is not so much that Benalla was living in one of the 60-odd state-owned flats at 11 Quai Branly (the Alma Palace before being transformed into luxury flats) but that he was awarded that privilege after being suspended (for 2 weeks in May) for what he did as he only moved in 10 days ago.

                      Not a bad wage either, €10,000 a month + numerous other perks and a generous pension package.

                      And apparently, because of the controversial way (legally-wise) Bellana was sacked yesterday (borderline because he’d already been penalised for what he did – 15 days’ suspension on no pay with an official warning, in May – and the French Labour Code says that you cannot be penalised twice for the same fault), he may be entitled to a substantial compensation package, depending on how his contract was/is terminated. His sacking is not clear cut, the procedure has just started and we don’t know the exact wording, "his contract is going to be terminated" is all that L’Élysée Palace has said so far so it could take various paths. It is not a straightforward process (Pourquoi licencier Alexandre Benalla sera compliqué), it could be dismissal for gross misconduct, or could be something else, and Benalla has the Labour Code on his side so he might end up benefiting from this situation, which would go down very badly with the French public and therefore bad news for Macron's approval ratings.

                      According to some employment lawyers, depending on a number of things (his employment status at L’Élysée is not even clear, and apparently they're trying to ascertain at the minute whether its public law or private law that applies here), Benalla could be entitled to severance pay and employment benefits too for 24 months, but we're not talking our JSA here, in his case (wage of €10,000 a month) he could get €7,500 a month (the ceiling) for 1 year and then about 80-60% of that amount that for the rest as it’s on sliding scale.

                      The Benalla case has already been wikified:

                      https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Benalla

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benalla_affair

                      More stories emerging which further raise the question, why on fucking earth did someone like Macron keep this psychopath in his staff and gave him such an important role?

                      It is now established that he assaulted a peaceful man last year before a Macron rally, he violently expelled that man from the premises but also dragged him with other security staff to a corner of thebuilding they were in before hitting him repeatedly (but activists were filming and the video is doing the rounds on social media), seriously assaulted a photographer in Marseille (who ended up in custody for 6 hrs – on Benalla’s orders! – as he had the temerity to defend himself when Benalla assaulted him), has had many brushes and altercation with high-ranking protection officers at the Elysée Palace and during Macron’s trip (apparently huge altercation with the official chief of security at Roissy airport before the Bleus landed last Sunday) etc. He was nicknamed "Rambo" at l’Élysée.

                      https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/so...#xtor=CS3-5083
                      Last edited by Pérou Flaquettes; 21-07-2018, 09:12.

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                        Apparently, French football head honcho Noël Le Graët [FFF President] was asked by a journalist whether he’d seen Alexandre Benalla at Roissy airport with the Bleus when they landed and then on the Champs Élysées in the Bleus’ coach (as he was supposed to have been banned from having any involvement with security after the 1st May incidents - he was supposedly given a deskjob at l’Élysée Palace).

                        Le Graët replied in deadpan fashion: "Yes, I did see him, he was there but don’t worry he didn’t hit any player."

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                          Nicole Belloubet, the Justice minister, announced a few hours ago that the parliamentary July session and on-going work (currently focusing on constitutional reforms) is now officially suspended and work will resume when "more serene conditions" have been re-established.

                          https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/art...86_823448.html

                          Dimanche 22 juillet, peu après la reprise de la séance, suspendue prématurément la veille, la ministre de la justice, Nicole Belloubet, a annoncé que l’examen de la révision constitutionnelle était suspendue et serait repris « ultérieurement dans des conditions plus sereines ».
                          Last night’s session was cancelled altogether due to fractious debates and constant interruptions following more damning revelations about Alexandre Benalla – it surfaced that the cunt had been given special top-level access to the Parliament, the sort of access badge only normally reserved to a few top-ranking officials – and a tense 3 minute-long spat between Marine Le Pen and Christophe Castaner (one of Macron’s key men). The normally-staid parliamentary channel (LCP, La Chaîne Parlementaire) is certainly gaining viewers at the minute… Fucking Le Pen is never in parliament except when she can smell blood. Mélenchon and his lieutenants in good form also in last few days.

                          Hearing of the Interior minister tomorrow morning (the controversial Gérard Collomb) before the National Assembly parliamentary inquiry committee, and on Tuesday at the Senate. And it will be televised after all (LREM MPs first refused, they wanted Collomb to be questioned behind closed doors but eventually backed down). I think Collomb's days are numbered. Time for him to bugger off and retire anyway (he’s 71) – but he’ll most defo go back to Lyon (left the mayorship there to one of his deputies) and will run for mayor in the 2020 municipal elections.

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                            Mélenchon has a piece in Monde today arguing that this is "worse than Watergate" (which is a bit much in my book, but that's what he does).

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                              So it turns out that Colomb was informed about the attack on May 2nd, the day after it happened. It is very hard for me to see how he remains in office.

                              Macron is reportedly “preparing his response”. I find it remarkable that he has gotten away with being silent for this long.

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                                The Paris police chief (préfet de police) is being grilled by this parliamentary inquiry committee as we speak. He’s saying that Benalla was "un interlocuteur connu", so someone that was well-known and served as the Élysée liaison officer for security matters in spite of having fuck-all competence for that sort of major role. Let's reiterate that there is already, a well-established (in 1982) official protection service at l'Élysée for that sort of thing, the GSPR, it's made up of 77 gendarmes and police officers drawn from elite units. That indirectly contradicts what the Interior minister said this morning, basically that he’d never heard of this Benalla until late etc.

                                Well, "elite", I’m not so sure.

                                https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ollande-speech

                                At least two people have been injured after a gun was accidentally fired during a speech by President François Hollande, French media have reported.

                                Hollande was speaking in the town of Villognon in central France to mark the opening of a high-speed railway line between Paris and Bordeaux when a police marksman accidentally opened fire, the Sud-Ouest newspaper reported.

                                The paper quoted local officials as saying the member of the elite gendarmerie protection squad charged with protecting the president was positioned on a rooftop about 100 metres from the marquee where the ceremony was taking place.

                                The safety catch on the officer’s rifle was reportedly off and the shot was fired when he tripped while adjusting his position. The bullet pierced the marquee roof, hitting a waiter in the leg and a railway employee in the foot, according to Pierre N’Gahane, state prefect of the Charente region.

                                There were unconfirmed local media reports that the sniper had shot himself in the foot and could be seen hopping up and down.

                                A French gendarme, or military police officer, accidentally fired his weapon during a speech by President Francois Hollande on Tuesday, slightly injuring two people, a top official said.

                                https://www.wsj.com/video/french-cop...69D63C555.html

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                                  Haha, I'm quickly going through the media reports of the Interior minister Gérard Collomb's hearing this morning (before the parliamentary inquiry committee) and Collomb confirmed that he saw Macron this weekend but said that "they didn’t talk much about the Benalla case", that's a good one! As lies go, this one is particularly stupid. It's funny how easily these professional liars and schemers (politicians) can go to pot once they're stripped of their PR consultants, spads and so on, once they're alone in the arena or in front of cops they can make the most basic of mistakes.

                                  This reminds of me of Bernard Tapie’s stupidity and amateurism in the OM-Valenciennes scandal in 1993. When questioned whether he’d seen the Valenciennes manager (Boro Primorac) in Paris on June 17th 1993 in the afternoon – as Primorac was saying –, Tapie needlessly denied having ever met Primorac, he swore that he couldn’t have met him that afternoon as he was in Paris in a meeting with top-ranking politician Jacques Mellick, a minister and also mayor of Béthune in northern France.

                                  (Primorac told the police that Tapie had asked to see him in his Parisian offices at 3pm that day, and that the two met, and that Tapie asked him to take the rap and be the fall guy in exchange for a good contract as manager or coach at l’OM or elsewhere. Tapie himself was an MP, for Marseilles, and had been a minister under Mitterrand, he was a powerful and flambloyant fixture of French politics, so much so that Mitterrand defended him tooth and nail, there’s a famous ITW of Mitterrand being outraged – or pretending to be – at the media for daring to suggest that Tapie could do such unpleasant things as lie and cheat).

                                  You didn't need to be Colombo to work out that Tapie’s alibi just didn’t add up, that Béthune-based Mellick would never had had enough time to drive from Béthune to Paris and back in the timeframe given by Tapie etc. (there was also the small matter of the local press having taken photos of Mellick that very day - late morning I think - visiting some factory or other in the Béthune area… Mellick's PA dobbed him in too, she didn't want to be done for perjury).

                                  That really wasn’t very clever of Tapie and Mellick at all to have concocted that tall story… The investigators also calculated that for Mellick to have driven to Paris from Bethune and back in that timeframe of ~4 hours indicated by Tapie, while it was just about possible, it would have needed Mellick's driver to average 120 mph or something silly on the Autoroute du Nord, and then beat the silly traffic jams through the Paris area. 2 investigators tried to do just that on several occasions but their quickest time was sthg like 5 1/2 hours. Investigators also pointed out that Mellick's Renault something could not reach such speeds... (they should really give those ministers some proper cars). Mellick was done for "subornation de témoin", subornation of perjury).

                                  I never understood why Tapie lied as he did, he could easily have said: "Yes, I did see Primorac in Paris, he asked to see me, but I certainly never asked him to take the blame etc." It would have been his word against Primorac’s, but with the cock and bull story that he tried to sell to the investigators, he was always going to struggle.

                                  Tapie did eventually admit seeing Primorac (when there wasn’t much else he could do but confess to it) but it was way too late, the investigators already had the evidence that Tapie and Primorac had met in Paris.
                                  Last edited by Pérou Flaquettes; 23-07-2018, 14:32.

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                                    I remember that all being worked out in l’Equipe with maps and graphics of clocks.

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                                      Ha ha, excellent, I wasn't living in France at the time but I remember my dad telling me he'd seen something like in a newspaper or in the news.

                                      Turns out that Benalla was supposed to get married 2 days ago! The whole thing was cancelled of course (well, he had a good excuse as he was being grilled by the flics and in custody, for 48 hrs I think, along this Vincent Crase bloke and 3 other dodgy cops who provided CCTV footage for them).

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                                        L’examen de la révision constitutionnelle ne reprendra pas avant la rentrée

                                        The parliamentary debates on the constitutional reforms (seen as a major series of items in this month-long parliamentary extraordinary session, convened precisely to catch up on work that should have been finished before June 30th), which were interrupted since last Thursday because of the Benalla case, will now only resume at the beginning of October as all work on the matter from the parliament and the various committees has ground to a halt.

                                        Extraordinary defence from Benalla who says that he is "stunned" by the accusations agst him and claims that "he was only helping the police".

                                        Next thing he'll demand to be decorated for his brave citizen’s arrest.

                                        Alexandre Benalla se dit "abasourdi" et explique avoir voulu "prêter main forte" aux policiers

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                                          He appears to be a sociopath, and it will be interesting to find out just how he engratiated himself with Macron.

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                                            Originally posted by Pérou Flaquettes View Post
                                            L’examen de la révision constitutionnelle ne reprendra pas avant la rentrée

                                            The parliamentary debates on the constitutional reforms (seen as a major series of items in this month-long parliamentary extraordinary session, convened precisely to catch up on work that should have been finished before June 30th), which were interrupted since last Thursday because of the Benalla case, will now only resume at the beginning of October as all work on the matter from the parliament and the various committees has ground to a halt.

                                            Extraordinary defence from Benalla who says that he is "stunned" by the accusations agst him and claims that "he was only helping the police".

                                            Next thing he'll demand to be decorated for his brave citizen’s arrest.

                                            Alexandre Benalla se dit "abasourdi" et explique avoir voulu "prêter main forte" aux policiers
                                            "Prêter main forte" or literally to lend a strong hand, hah!

                                            Collomb just stated in his recent declaration that Benalla was Macron's adviser ("conseiller"), which is a big step up from bodyguard or security staff, way to diffuse the situation, Gérard.

                                            Benalla was supposedly in Macron's innermost loop according to the "Macron Leaks", leaked emails.

                                            A close colleague of Benalla was apparently involved in keeping tabs on Mélenchon, and was spotted at a recent rally.

                                            It's a huge tactical mistake for Collomb and Macron to double up on Benalla, they should have distanced themselves and fired him earlier.

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                                              Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                                              He appears to be a sociopath, and it will be interesting to find out just how he engratiated himself with Macron.
                                              Benalla sounds more like a psychopath to me, given his long rap sheet. It would indeed be very interesting and actually we're slowly finding out just how deeply embedded into the Élysée's inner sanctum he was, today's L'Express (weekly mag, quite good) has a feature on that (below) and other publications are starting to get insiders' info and "dérouler la pelote", to unfold the story.

                                              https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/po...t_2027183.html

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                                                Originally posted by linus View Post
                                                "Prêter main forte" or literally to lend a strong hand, hah!

                                                Collomb just stated in his recent declaration that Benalla was Macron's adviser ("conseiller"), which is a big step up from bodyguard or security staff, way to diffuse the situation, Gérard.

                                                Benalla was supposedly in Macron's innermost loop according to the "Macron Leaks", leaked emails.

                                                A close colleague of Benalla was apparently involved in keeping tabs on Mélenchon, and was spotted at a recent rally.

                                                It's a huge tactical mistake for Collomb and Macron to double up on Benalla, they should have distanced themselves and fired him earlier.
                                                Quite, a very poor bit of statecraft from them, what a bunch of Pieds Nickelés (~Keystone Cops).

                                                It's very telling, isn't it, that this loose cannon Benalla doesn’t appear in any Élysée organigramme (organisational structure with a list of names) and that his official title is not known, it seems to be a moveable feast that one, now he is "adjoint au chef de cabinet du président" now he has the very vague "chargé de mission" title, sometimes he is (or was) just "in charge of security". Incidentally, there seems to be more and more of these "chargés de mission" about, a kind of hybrid breed, part private part public. I suppose for Macron, who's always been wary of the state sector, it's the sort of fluid status what Macron loves, it enables him to bypass the incommodious layers of fonctionnariat that make things awkward for him at L’Élysée, such as the GSPR (official protection service, gendarmes and police officers). Much better for Macron to have his own men, his own troubleshooters, free from the shackles of state control.

                                                Benalla certainly was highly thought of by Macron and rising fast through the ranks, according to this article, Benalla was about to more or less dictate to Macron how to reshuffle the security services at L’Élysée with a view naturally to put himself in charge.

                                                Depuis 1983, la sécurité du chef d'Etat français est assurée par le Groupe de Sécurité de la présidence de la République (GSPR) qui dépend de la Police Nationale et donc également du ministère de l'Intérieur. Mais selon des sources policières, syndicales et interne au ministère de l'Intérieur, cette organisation devait être remaniée à la fin de l'année 2018.

                                                Elle aurait alors laissé la place à une "Direction de la Sécurité de la Présidence de la République" (DSPR) divisée en plusieurs branches comme le révélait Le Point en avril 2018. Un remaniement dont Benalla était l'un des architectes, explique le Journal du Dimanche (dans sa version papier), et grâce auquel il aurait occupé un poste haut placé.
                                                Oh, and Benalla thought that his state-owned luxury flat Quai Branly was too small and had got the green light (and €180K) to extend it to nearly 2,200 sq ft. Not a bad bachelor’s pad I say.
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                                                  A particularly poignant statement from Benalla’s lawyers (translated faithfully below the Tweet and the actual text in French).

                                                  https://twitter.com/FloreThomasset/status/1021402921857142784

                                                  Ci-dessous le communiqué de Mes Laurent-Franck Lienard et Audrey Gadot

                                                  Monsieur Alexandre BENALLA est abasourdi par l'utilisation médiatique et politique de son action du 1er mai 2018 sur deux fauteurs de trouble qui agressaient les policiers.

                                                  Monsieur BENALLA, en sa qualité de chargé de mission, adjoint au chef de cabinet du Président de la République, a été invité par la DOPC de la Préfecture de police de Paris, à observer les opérations de maintien de l'ordre à l'occasion des manifestations du 1er mai, annoncées pour être particulièrement violentes.

                                                  Il a été accueilli et équipé par les services de police qui lui ont assigné différentes positions.

                                                  A l'occasion de cette observation, Monsieur BENALLA a pu compléter ses connaissances du maintien de l'ordre et n'avait pas vocation à intervenir personnellement sur ces opérations.

                                                  Toutefois, témoin des agissements de deux individus particulièrement virulents et de l'apparent dépassement des capacités opérationnelles des policiers sur place, Monsieur BENALLA a pris l'initiative de prêter main forte au dispositif en aidant à la maîtrise de ces personnes.

                                                  Cette action vigoureuse mais menée sans violence n'a causé aucune blessure.

                                                  Les individus ont pu être interpellés, présentés à un officier de police judiciaire, et n'ont déposé plainte contre personne.

                                                  Monsieur BENALLA a immédiatement rendu compte de de son intervention personnelle qui lui a été vivement reprochée. Il a fait l'objet d'une sanction administrative de la part de son employeur.

                                                  Cette initiative personnelle de Monsieur BENALLA, qui s'inscrit dans le cadre des dispositions de l'article 73 du code de procédure pénale et n'a eu aucune conséquence pour les personnes interpellées, sert manifestement aujourd'hui à porter atteinte à la Présidence de la République dans des conditions qui défient l'entendement.

                                                  Monsieur BENALLA est un serviteur de l'Etat et n'a jamais failli dans cet engagement. Il collabore pleinement avec l'institution judiciaire et appelle chacun à garder sa raison.

                                                  Faithful translation:

                                                  Mr Benalla, a servant of the state who’s never ever put a foot wrong, was a peaceful observer of police operations during a May 1st demonstration when he saw two protesters viciously assaulting defenceless CRS police officers in full riot gear.

                                                  Mr Benalla is a law-abiding citizen and naturally felt compelled, even legally obliged (by article 73 of the Penal Code*) to intervene to save this overrun anti-riot unit from an ignominious attack by these two violent young thugs [a man and a woman] in t-shirts weighing 16 stone between them wet through (but who knows, these anarchists might have been concealing pétanque boules or steel replicas of Mao’s Little Red Books to hit the riot police with, we all know what these feral mélenchonist ragamuffins are like).

                                                  Mr Benalla acted heroically in assisting a vulnerable squad of law enforcers in grave danger without regard for his own safety. Otherwise, he could well have been sued for "non assistance à personne en danger" – failure to assist a person in danger – which is a serious crime in France that carries a significant penalty of 5 years in jail and a fine of €75,000**.

                                                  Mr Benalla is undoubtedly a victim here, he had no choice but to rescue these helpless robocops, it was his duty, his destiny. He should therefore be feted as a national hero, a man of principles who saves our under-equipped and puny police officers from savage beatings by bestial lefties. Fucking Superman has nothing on him and if there was any justice in this world, Zac Snyder would cast Benalla as his next superhero.



                                                  [*article 73: “In the event of a flagrant felony or of a flagrant misdemeanour punished by a penalty of imprisonment, any person is entitled to arrest the perpetrator and to bring him before the nearest judicial police officer”]

                                                  [**

                                                  Article 223-6 du code pénal

                                                  Modifié par Ordonnance n°2000-916 du 19 septembre 2000 - art. 3 (V) JORF 22 septembre 2000 en vigueur le 1er janvier 2002

                                                  Quiconque pouvant empêcher par son action immédiate, sans risque pour lui ou pour les tiers, soit un crime, soit un délit contre l'intégrité corporelle de la personne s'abstient volontairement de le faire est puni de cinq ans d'emprisonnement et de 75 000 euros d'amende.

                                                  Sera puni des mêmes peines quiconque s'abstient volontairement de porter à une personne en péril l'assistance que, sans risque pour lui ou pour les tiers, il pouvait lui prêter soit par son action personnelle, soit en provoquant un secours.

                                                  ARTICLE 223-6 (Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)

                                                  Anyone who, being able to prevent by immediate action a felony or a misdemeanour against the bodily integrity of a person, without risk to himself or to third parties, wilfully abstains from doing so, is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000. The same penalties apply to anyone who wilfully fails to offer assistance to a person in danger which he could himself provide without risk to himself or to third parties, or by initiating rescue operations.]

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                                                    The "attack" that overwhelmed the tooled-up security forces appears to have consisted of the couple throwing some water towards the goons.

                                                    Here's another member of the "forces of order" in fear for his life when faced with a crazed, homicidal protester earlier today on le Tour

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