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One Voice announces that it is filing a complaint against the Aveyron teenager who threw kittens from a bridge, but condemns the harassment against the perpetrator and his relatives.
A terrible video made the rounds on social networks and ended up catching the perpetrator. We see a young man taking kittens from a box and throwing them off a bridge, in Bruéjouls (Aveyron) according to our information. This video was allegedly shared in the messaging system of a group of friends from a high school in Rodez, then was recovered and massively shared on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.
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Images which scandalized the highest point, in particular animal rights associations. On Wednesday April 10, 2024, it was One Voice’s turn to step up. “We are filing a complaint against the perpetrator but also against her friend who filmed the scene without objecting,” the association announced in a press release.
Outrage but a call for calm
From a police Source, we know that the 16-year-old young man went to the police station on his own. He was taken into custody on Tuesday and will soon be summoned to appear before a juvenile court.
Animal protection associations, deeply outraged, still insist on a call for calm. One Voice is no exception: “Indulging in virtual harassment against him will in no way resolve the situation, which is why we call on everyone to moderate their comments and not engage in manhunting. is the same for the person filming.
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The SPA of Rodez, which denounces a “violent and frigid” act, condemns any call to hatred towards the young man and his loved ones. Just like the Chat libre 12 association: “We see a lot of hateful messages on social networks against this person. It’s staggering the proportions that this has taken. Yes, it’s serious, but from now on, we must let justice do its job.”
A rugby club harassed with aggressive comments
The massive spread of the video on social networks calls for caution, as recommended by the Aveyron national police. With text or montages, “these videos have been partly modified, some information is false. Beware of amalgamations and false information which provoke disproportionate and inappropriate reactions”.
On the networks, comments very quickly exceed reasonable proportions, as the Lévézou Ségala Aveyron XV club incurs. While the young man in the video could be affiliated with this sports club, “the LSA XV is the victim, from malicious people, of aggressive, hateful and violent comments on its social networks relating to facts having no connection directly with its activities or its social purpose”.
“Faced with this harassment and this surge of violence which forces it to react, the LSA XV club firmly reminds, in the ethical and sporting values which govern it, to its entire community and to everyone, that he is outraged against any form of violence: whether it is of a physical nature against all life or of a moral nature such as harassment, such as is currently being experienced.
