Urban violence: Gérald Darmanin takes the heavy artillery from the Code of Criminal Procedure

Urban violence: Gérald Darmanin brings heavy artillery into the Code of Criminal Procedure The Minister of Justice pounds the table demanding that those who have "treasoned the Republic" be heavily prosecuted and punished. Passing the advertisement Passing the advertisementLast night, on TF1, Gérald Darmanin announced shock measures for justice to equip it with judicial weapons never before implemented in the context of urban riots. Particular focus is placed on the fire at the Limoges town hall. The Minister of Justice asked the national anti-terrorism prosecutor's office to take over, as an observer, all procedural elements in collaboration with the local prosecutor's office. A first phase to assess a potential referral targeting "the far-left and the organization of acts." This will allow for the implementation of a procedure that can use investigative means exceeding common law. The reason for these decisions is "a strong suspicion of an action organized by the radical left," it is known within the chancellery. Passing the advertisement Likewise, by circular, the Minister of Justice asks prosecutors to trigger the qualification of organized crime whenever possible. This allows for detention periods of 48 to 72 hours, the aggravating circumstance of being part of an organized group, and also to trigger "investigative means such as geolocation, telephone wiretaps, impossible facial recognition" in a classic procedure, Gérald Darmanin emphasized. Reserved about the use of the state of emergency The stated goal is to cross all this data with the criminal record processing file to more easily find the perpetrators. An "innovation" in terms of judicial investigations. Furthermore, this qualification allows for an increase in the quantum of sentences required. "This is the first time," the Minister of Justice stated, "the qualification of organized crime will be used in the context of factional attacks against the Republic." Furthermore, he is preparing to bring together all commercial courts to help merchants recover lost sums and facilitate relations with insurance companies. Gérald Darmanin also asked the public prosecutors to systematically seek sentences that will not be commensurate with the offenses committed. There are already 67 people in prison, either in preventive detention or following arrest warrants issued immediately after harsh prison sentences, 34 of them in the Aix-en-Provence area alone. "We will have to ask La France insoumise if it is still on the side of the Republic," concluded the one who remains very reserved about the use of the state of emergency. Jipan It is strange, they never mention the excessive (and especially) dangerous behavior of Mr. Melenchon, a professional mess-maker. NRJ75 Darmanin is trying to take back control of justice, to whom one should also ask if it is still on the side of the Republic... barely veiled allusion? Marie-Hélène Lapierre The magistrates decide