Bleu Blanc Rouge reported that a 24-year-old trainee teacher was sentenced in Nîmes to 18 months in prison with a two-year probation period after injuring a police officer by throwing a stone weighing about 370 to 400 grams at him during clashes that occurred on October 17 during a protest. According to the report, the police officer had received three days of total incapacity for work. The author indicated that the PE teacher, who taught at a public college and was not known to the justice system, had appeared immediately. He reportedly explained in court that he had been swept away by the crowd in the face of tear gas, while denying having intended to injure the police officer. The prosecution had requested 18 months in prison, including one year of actual imprisonment, and a five-year ban on holding a public office, according to the message. Bleu Blanc Rouge added that the court had dismissed this ban, thereby allowing the teacher to continue working, but had prohibited him from going to protest sites in Occitanie and carrying a weapon, and had ordered compensation for the victims. The prosecution had appealed. The author considered the decision too lenient and questioned how to "get by" under these conditions, citing Objectif Sud. #Justice #Éducation #Manifestation (translated)

