The French may regret importing their judges from NYC
/BREAKING: The first rioters and looters have been sentenced in France. The judges practically refuse to hand out prison sentences: 🔴 Toulouse – Ylan, 18 years old. Throwing a Molotov cocktail at police officer - Sentence: 12 months suspended + 140 hours of community service + deprivation of voting rights for 3 years. - Max. sentence: 10 years in prison 🔴 Lille – 3 men, including 2 illegal migrants. Arrested with bags filled with loot from Micromania and Calzedonia stores. - Sentence: 10 months in prison with custody warrant + 2-year territorial ban (for the 2 undocumented migrants). - Max. sentence: 5 years 🔴 Lille – Father of a family with a crowbar, attempted break-in at a store. - Sentence: 10 months in prison with custody warrant + 3-year ban on demonstrations. - Max. sentence: 7 years 🔴 Lille – 23-year-old man, launching fireworks at police - Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring + 140 hours of community service. - Max. sentence: 5 years 🔴 Reims – Sahel W., 19 years old. Looting a Carrefour - Sentence: 105 hours of community service. - Max. sentence: 7 years 🔴 Reims – Hugo M., 20 years old. Looting a Caviar boutique. - Sentence: 4 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 7 years. 🔴 Rouen – Tunisian delivery driver, looting of a gold buyback shop (16,000€ worth of jewelry in his pockets). Repeat offender. - Sentence: 8 months in prison with custody warrant + revocation of 6 months suspended from a previous conviction. - Max. sentence: 14 years 🔴 Rouen – Anthony, homeless. Looting of the Courir boutique. Repeat offender. - Sentence: 6 months in prison + 6 suspended. - Max. sentence: 14 years 🔴 Rouen – 26-year-old unemployed man. Looting of Micromania. Repeat offender. - Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 14 years 🔴 Rouen – Nicolas, garbage collector, and Zakaria. Throwing projectiles at police and insults. - Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 5 years 🔴 Lyon – Mohamed, illegal migrant. Looting of Louis Vuitton boutique (6 wallets, 2 pairs of glasses, one pair of pants, one leather bag, and one fabric bag). - Sentence: 6 months in prison with custody warrant - Max. sentence: 7 years 🔴 Lyon – Cheima, 30-year-old woman. Looting of JD Sports store - Sentence: 8 months suspended. - Max. sentence: 7 years 🔴 Lyon – Sophia, 27 years old. Already 9 convictions including thefts. Looting of JD Sports store. - Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 14 years 🔴 Lyon – Adam, 19-y-old Swiss national. "Black bloc" from abroad. Arrested leaving a looted Monoprix + resistance - Sentence: 12 months suspended. - Max. sentence: 7 years 🔴 Perpignan – 20-y-old man, throwing a construction barrier at 2 police officers. - Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring - Max. sentence: 5 years 🔴 Perpignan – 21-y-old man. Throwing objects at police and vandalizing the city. Ski goggles, t-shirt as balaclava, and reinforced gloves. - Sentence: 10 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 7 years 🔴 Perpignan – 22-y-old Amazon delivery driver, already one prior conviction. Scooter theft after demonstration with face concealment, in a group and break-in - Sentence: 8 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 10 years 🔴 Limoges – 20-y-old woman. Looting in stores and at City Hall (later destroyed by fire) - Sentence: 6 months in prison with custody warrant + 18 suspended prob. - Max. sentence: 12 years 🔴 Pau – 43-y-old man. Throwing objects at police - Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 5 years 🔴 Nîmes – 24-y-old PE teacher. Throwing objects that injured a police man (3 days of leave). - Sentence: 18 months suspended prob. - Max. sentence: 5 years 🔴 Grenoble – 10 people. Looting Sentences: from 4 months suspended to 8 months served (served for 1 individual already convicted to suspended in June). Max. sentence: 7 years
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🔴 Toulouse – Ylan, 18 years old. Throwing a Molotov cocktail at police officer - Sentence: 12 months suspended + 140 hours of community service + deprivation of voting rights for 3 years. - Max. sentence: 10 years in prison
🔴 Lille – 3 men, including 2 illegal migrants. Arrested with bags filled with loot from Micromania and Calzedonia stores. - Sentence: 10 months in prison with custody warrant + 2-year territorial ban (for the 2 undocumented migrants). - Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Lille – Father of a family with a crowbar, attempted break-in at a store. - Sentence: 10 months in prison with custody warrant + 3-year ban on demonstrations. - Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Lille – 23-year-old man, launching fireworks at police - Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring + 140 hours of community service. - Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Reims – Sahel W., 19 years old. Looting a Carrefour - Sentence: 105 hours of community service. - Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Reims – Hugo M., 20 years old. Looting a Caviar boutique. - Sentence: 4 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 7 years.
🔴 Rouen – Tunisian delivery driver, looting of a gold buyback shop (16,000€ worth of jewelry in his pockets). Repeat offender. - Sentence: 8 months in prison with custody warrant + revocation of 6 months suspended from a previous conviction. - Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Rouen – Anthony, homeless. Looting of the Courir boutique. Repeat offender. - Sentence: 6 months in prison + 6 suspended. - Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Rouen – 26-year-old unemployed man. Looting of Micromania. Repeat offender. - Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Rouen – Nicolas, garbage collector, and Zakaria. Throwing projectiles at police and insults. - Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Lyon – Mohamed, illegal migrant. Looting of Louis Vuitton boutique (6 wallets, 2 pairs of glasses, one pair of pants, one leather bag, and one fabric bag). - Sentence: 6 months in prison with custody warrant - Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Lyon – Cheima, 30-year-old woman. Looting of JD Sports store - Sentence: 8 months suspended. - Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Lyon – Sophia, 27 years old. Already 9 convictions including thefts. Looting of JD Sports store. - Sentence: 12 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 14 years
🔴 Lyon – Adam, 19-y-old Swiss national. "Black bloc" from abroad. Arrested leaving a looted Monoprix + resistance - Sentence: 12 months suspended. - Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Perpignan – 20-y-old man, throwing a construction barrier at 2 police officers. - Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring - Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Perpignan – 21-y-old man. Throwing objects at police and vandalizing the city. Ski goggles, t-shirt as balaclava, and reinforced gloves. - Sentence: 10 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 7 years
🔴 Perpignan – 22-y-old Amazon delivery driver, already one prior conviction. Scooter theft after demonstration with face concealment, in a group and break-in - Sentence: 8 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 10 years
🔴 Limoges – 20-y-old woman. Looting in stores and at City Hall (later destroyed by fire) - Sentence: 6 months in prison with custody warrant + 18 suspended prob. - Max. sentence: 12 years
🔴 Pau – 43-y-old man. Throwing objects at police - Sentence: 6 months under electronic monitoring. - Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Nîmes – 24-y-old PE teacher. Throwing objects that injured a police man (3 days of leave). - Sentence: 18 months suspended prob. - Max. sentence: 5 years
🔴 Grenoble – 10 people. Looting Sentences: from 4 months suspended to 8 months served (served for 1 individual already convicted to suspended in June).