The call from the ultra-right to come together, one year after the tragedy of Crépol; Saturday November 16 Place Ernest-Gailly is far from going unnoticed.
Almost a year since the murder of Thomas at the Crépol ball, le tract of the collective “Justice for ours” distributed in mailboxes and in the markets inviting a gathering on Saturday November 16 in the city center of Romans-sur-Isère, “for Thomas and all victims of immigration“, makes a lot of noise.
21 upwind organizations
The opposition group, Novels in Common, asks the prefect to prohibit this gathering. “There is no doubt from the organizers and the content of the leaflet that this gathering is the initiative of small far-right groups; those who had organized the weekend of November 25, 2023, a raid on the eastern district in order to do battle with the residents of La Monnaie “, specify the elected officials. In a joint press release, 21 organisations Roman women call “to fraternity and dignity in the face of racist escalation“. ” Such a call is an insult to justice and a shame for humanity! On the one hand, it revives a most painful memory for an entire population and in particular for Thomas' family who had asked to be able to mourn in peace and serenity, as for the other victims. On the other hand, the comments made are a demagogic amalgam and stigmatize part of the population of our country“, the organizations argue.
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The prefecture is closely following
Same story from the association of victims of the Crépol ball which recently put online an online prize pool including “ the funds […] will aim to support physical and psychological victims with their uncovered medical costs and legal costs “. “You don't even realize that you are, with this demonstration, taking away our moment of contemplation from us, victims and families. It is unbearable for us that you are doing this on the eve of one year of the tragedy“, indicates the association on social networks in a message sent”to all these ultra-right and ultra-left groups” because the network Anti-fascist rebels said they were mobilizing to disrupt this gathering. As of November 7, the prefecture had not yet made a decision on banning the demonstration. State services say “closely monitor the situation“and will ensure that”that no hateful message is spread in public spaces”.
