Two Leon supporters in court for Nazi salute deny any racism

The civic party puts two supporters in trouble.

“I don’t do Nazi salutes when I’m offended,” says Lycra’s lawyer. “Are you often offended?”

SOS Racisme advocates emphasize the symbols present on the flag of “Mezza Leone” with a reproduction of the crest of the 3rd SS Division Charlemagne “guilty of the greatest atrocity during the Second World War”.

If it wasn’t their flag that was on Mussolini’s grave, he quipped that he couldn’t understand why the two men weren’t complaining that another group with the same name, “Mezza Leone,” was doing such fascist incitement. Guillaume P. Always Aymeric r. talks about a coincidence like, who says he waved a flag referring to the film This is England at the velodrome.

An advocate of SOS racism and the LFP recalls that it is a series that describes the actions of a group of skinheads fighting against “foreigners”. Aymeric R. Says he was inspired by the film because it was about a group of friends like him.

OM’s lawyer, also a civil party, questions Guillaume P. about changing his hood hidden under the French flag at the velodrome and wearing a hood in OL’s colors, after the black hood.

“Why did you put on the hood and change the hood?” asks the lawyer.

The Lyon supporter’s response is ambiguous. The lawyer of OL, also a civil party, makes it clear that the Lyon club is fighting against “Mezza Leon” but does not communicate with its members because this group is not recognized and their banners are not authorized in the stadium.

Guillaume P. admits to only waving the flag, “a gesture with no meaning behind it”. The judge emphasizes the meaning of the flag. Guillaume P repeats that this is a reference to a youth bar, “La Mezzanine”, and asserts that the logo resembling the crest of the SS Charlemagne division is a coincidence.

Guillaume P, an active OL supporter for 18 years, says he did not do the Nazi salute. He said he did not know that this flag had once been placed on Mussolini’s grave.

He said he wore the hood for five minutes but not to hide from authorities, not wanting to be photographed in the press.

Both Eymeric R. and Guillaume P. say that they have not heard any monkeys cry.

On the stand this Tuesday, Eymeric R. recognizes “an ambiguous gesture, a fascist salute”, he “feels ashamed when he sees the images again” or when he thinks about this gesture and promises to “behind it. No Nazi thinking. He says he has never impersonated a monkey. He recognizes that the world of fandom is made up of “stupid competition and provocation”. He says he did not make a swastika at the Stephanois premises in 2012 but only participated in the loss. was

The judge then asks him what message he wants to convey with the Nazi salute. Eymeric R. replies that “in the stadium there are invectives, symbols that are beyond us, I don’t know how to explain it, I don’t understand what I did. We are in a bubble. With I repeat provocations, lasers. , throws a projectile, a reference never seen before. This Nazi gesture amounts to provocation in turn.”

The judge questioned Aymeric R. about the Maza Leon group. The person concerned replies that “this meza group is a group of friends”.

“There’s five or six of us, I’ve never been to Mussolini’s mausoleum or anything,” the man denied.

The flag has disappeared.

During the investigation, Guillaume P. said that when stones were pelted on the bus of supporters, he had shards of glass between his eyes. He admitted to displaying the Maza Leon flag.

The two men explained that the term “mezza” was simply a reference to a bar in Lyon called “La Mezzanine”.

Eymeric R. concludes by acknowledging the Nazi salute, saying that he is ashamed of it but only associates it with violence and references to stones, which are born of projectiles, provocations and laser throwing.

The judge lists the alleged facts: Nazi salutes, monkey cries, “variously” discriminatory and racist behavior towards Marseille supporters. Especially by brandishing the flag of Meza Leon, a local identity group close to the gangster movement.

The two men, aged 33 and 34, are regulars in the southern bend of Leon. They have been banned from the stadium indefinitely with a ban on socialising.

Licra, SOS Racisme and LFP have become civil parties and are represented in court.

Aymeric R. by members of the security of the Lyon Club. Guillaume P. was not identified at the time but the investigation proved that they were together and that he was involved.

He had already been convicted in 2012 of violence in the Saint-Etienne supporters’ room, notably including a swastika on the walls.

Guillaume P. and Eymeric R. are the two Lyon supporters who stood trial at the Marseille Criminal Court this Tuesday afternoon for performing Nazi salutes and monkey cries during the OM-OL pre-match, which was eventually dismissed after stones were thrown at the OL bus. .

He is being prosecuted for “public incitement to hatred or violence” and “introduction into a sporting venue of objects that incite hatred or discrimination”.

Taking care to avoid the lenses of cameramen and photographers, he arrived just before 2pm wearing a surgical mask to hide his face.

The hearing started at 4 pm, he was called to the stand.

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Guillaume P. and Eymeric R. are the two Lyon supporters who had a trial at the Marseille Criminal Court this Tuesday afternoon for shouting Nazi salutes and crying monkeys during the OM-OL pre-match which was eventually dismissed after stones on the Lyon team bus.

He is being prosecuted for “public incitement to hatred or violence” and “introduction into a sporting venue of objects that incite hatred or discrimination”.

The two Lyon supporters arrived shortly before 2pm with surgical masks to hide their faces, taking care to avoid the lenses of cameramen and photographers. He was called to the stand. The hearing will begin now, 4 pm

Florent German

Two Lyon supporters prosecuted for Nazi salutes during the OM-OL arrived at a Marseille criminal court early this Tuesday afternoon. They hid their faces from reporters. (FGe)

“Supporters” are facing justice. This Tuesday, before the Marseille Criminal Court, the two men, aged 33 and 34, will have to answer His actions in the stands of the Velodrome Stadium on 29 October. During this sad evening, marked by events outside the enclosure, the two men made “monkey-like expressions with monkey cries and Nazi salutes”, according to the Marseille prosecutor’s office.

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For two months, these two men, placed under judicial supervision, is banned from attending Olympique Lyonnais matches. They must report to the police station at half-time of the match to prove they are not in the Lyon stand at the same time. As of this Tuesday, the two men were also banned from “appearing in Marseille” and “associating with co-authors” of the facts.

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