The Mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, focused on CNews: investigation opened for racist insult | EUROtoday

He had been in comparison with a tribal chief and a “dominant male”. An investigation was opened for “public insult” of a racist nature after feedback focusing on the LFI mayor of Saint-Denis Bally Bagayoko made on the finish of March on CNews, we realized Thursday April 2 from the Paris prosecutor’s workplace.

This investigation follows the submitting of a criticism by Bally Bagayoko. The prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis wished to turn into a civil occasion, specified the prosecution.

A second investigation was opened into the cyberharassment of which the elected official was the sufferer on the social community X “because of his skin color”, following this “100% political” broadcast, added the general public prosecutor.

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The public prosecutor specified that that they had “noted on the social network

The first investigation, for “public insult due to origin, ethnicity, nation, race or religion”, like the second, was entrusted to the OCLCH (Central Office for the Fight against Online Hate).

Bally Bagayoko was elected in the first round of the municipal elections in Saint-Denis. Since then, he has been the target of a hate campaign relayed by the far right on social networks.

Arcom seized

Friday, a debate on CNews focused on the first days of his mandate.

Is this mayor “trying to push the limits?” asks the presenter. “Surely there is a little of that. Now, it is important to remember that as homo sapiens, we are social mammals and part of the great ape family. And therefore, in any community, in any tribe – our hunter-gatherer ancestors lived in tribes – there is a leader whose mission is to establish his authority,” replied psychologist Jean Doridot on set.

The next day, the Bolloré group channel once again found itself at the heart of a controversy, after remarks by philosopher Michel Onfray attributing to Bally Bagayoko the attitude of a “dominant male” for having called for “allegiance” after his election.

Denouncing racist remarks, several LFI and left-wing leaders as well as anti-racist associations contacted Arcom, the audiovisual and digital watchdog, which indicated that it was going to “examine the sequences which have been reported to it”.

The mayor filed a criticism Wednesday afternoon towards CNews, Jean Doridot and Michel Onfray. He additionally referred to as for a “big rally” towards racism on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in entrance of Saint-Denis City Hall.

CNews, for its half, stated it “formally contests that any racist comments were made” on its airwaves.

With AFP