René Galinier - Not Quite Free
René Galinier is only half-free. He has been released from prison on the condition that he not return to his home in Nissan-lez-Enserune. According to an article at the website devoted to his case:
(...) A strict judicial surveillance and the forbiddance of a return to his home in Nissan are the two conditions for his release. This is a humiliation for this sick man and it places him in the worst psychological state, preventing him from preparing his defense in a trial that shouldn't be taking place at all, since it is certain that a jury will acquit him. He is being charged with attempted voluntary homicide; the case is likely to be tried by a criminal court.
The author of the article then adds that the demonstrations set for October 16 in 50 cities have been suspended. Instead they will wait to see if impartiality gets the upper hand over judicial harassment, and if not, there will be a major demonstration in November at Béziers - site of the prison where he spent two months.
Readers' comments are divided over whether or not they should continue to put pressure on the courts, or just wait. Waiting wins out. René Galinier is safe somewhere (his exact whereabouts are not known) and will probably benefit from some peace and quiet.
I'm surprised at the charge of "attempted voluntary homicide". Even if one feels he acted rashly, there was no premeditated intent to kill anyone. He was acting in self-defense. In America voluntary homicide is called "first-degree murder", and is a capital crime. Had he actually killed the girls, we might charge him with second-degree murder or with manslaughter, but we could not charge first-degree murder because there was no "malice aforethought". The French courts are going to have to prove INTENT. He did not set out to kill anyone that night. His home was broken into. He could have invited the two girls in for tea, yes that's true, but his natural and normal instincts were to grab a gun and shoot. And, as a reader reminds us, he DID call the police first.
The only case the court has is one of "racism" because of a remark he made: "sale race" (dirty race). They may try to convince the jury that this remark proves he had a pre-existing prejudice that predisposed him to commit murder. An argument that is weak as water. He needs a very good lawyer. The real question remains unanswered: Will the two culprits be brought to trial as well? Or is Galinier just being used by the justice system as a kind of scapegoat, in order to avoid any trouble with the gypsies? They cannot release him to go home, because he may be killed. They cannot arrest the two girls because violence may break out. So Galinier is a diversion, until they figure out what to do.
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posted by tiberge @ 11:42 PM
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Too Blond for Multi-Culti
A group of girls attacked a 16-year-old girl in the street and injured her. The reason for this was that the girl had the wrong hair color.
A 16-year-old prep student was attacked in the open street in Toulouse because she was blond. The newspaper “Le Parisien” reported this on the weekend in connection with the local paper “La Dépêche du Midi.”
The female attackers were, according to the report, middle school pupils aged 14 to 15. At a metro station in Toulouse they insulted the girl with the words “Stupid blond! I don’t like blonds!” in a totally surprising way. Then they pressed out a cigarette on the arm of the victim and pulled the hair of the girl.
One of the attackers filmed the incident with her cellphone, the two newspapers reported. When the girl tried to flee, the other prep students followed after and and put out another cigarette on her wrist. The attackers were arrested and brought before a juvenile judge.
According to “Le Parisien,” a similar incident occurred back at the beginning of September in the Nord department (similar to a state), in the town Marcq-en-Baroeul. There were also three girls here who were helped by a boy. They attacked another girl on the street, robbed her and stated that all this happened because the victim was blond.
http://www.pi-news.org/2010/10/too-blond-for-multi-culti/
@ anonymous
I'm posting this even though it is off-topic. I had intended to do a post on the story, but your comment beat me to it. The event goes back several days, however, I still may do a post, especially if there are any new developments. This is not the first time (nor will it be the last) that girls have been attacked because they are blond. This has been happening all over Europe - especially in Scandinavian countries.
This is not the first time (nor will it be the last) that girls have been attacked because they are blond. This has been happening all over Europe - especially in Scandinavian countries.
They were attacked by RACISTS!
Anon at October 16, 2010 9:20 PM,
Were the attackers of the blonde French girl Toulouse natives, or were they of non-European extraction if you know?
I have been scouring the net, and I cannot find the race of the perpetrators in this case.
@ Lombard
I'll check on this. I'm certain they were not Europeans. I think they were Africans - the black girls in France are known to be quite violent, and physically very strong.
There have been reports lately on the increase in female aggressions but this is denied by a French sociologist who insists that crime has not gone up, rather the level of tolerance of the French has gone down!
As I said, I'll try to find the article in French.
@ Lombard
You're right - there is no indication of race. I checked several French sources. HOWEVER, there is no doubt either that the perps were immigrants. They came from the ghetto called Bellefontaine, known to be a tough neighborhood, to put it mildly. Also, Toulouse has been plagued by crime in recent months - all of it committed by immigrants. Many of the victims were helpless - old people, for example. Also, the fact that they burned her with a cigarette and FILMED the crime is characteristic of other immigrant crimes.
However, unless the media says so, we cannot say openly that they were Africans or Maghrebins.
Time permitting I will do a post on this crime after all - because it is such a good example of media complicity.
You're right - there is no indication of race. I checked several French sources. HOWEVER, there is no doubt either that the perps were immigrants. They came from the ghetto called Bellefontaine, known to be a tough neighborhood, to put it mildly. Also, Toulouse has been plagued by crime in recent months - all of it committed by immigrants. Many of the victims were helpless - old people, for example. Also, the fact that they burned her with a cigarette and FILMED the crime is characteristic of other immigrant crimes.
However, unless the media says so, we cannot say openly that they were Africans or Maghrebins.
Time permitting I will do a post on this crime after all - because it is such a good example of media complicity.
Tiberge,
Thanks so much for your time and efforts in helping me research this!
Some fool(s) at another blog is claiming that it is native "Ibero-Occitanians" behind this attack (meaning that southern French supposed Mediterranean 'swarthoids' were supposedly 'jealous' of the more-Nordic blonde Frenchwoman), which of course I feel is so utterly ridiculous.
Like you said, all the elements of the attack seem to point and indicate non-European methods and mannerisms.
Thanks again, mon frère.
Thanks again, mon frère.
Tiberge,
Ooh, sorry, I meant ma soeur ;)
Ma sœur européenne!
Ma sœur européenne!
That was me, your North Italian friend and camarade Lombard.
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