The kitty opened in support of the family of the police officer who shot the young Nahel in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), during a refusal to comply on June 27, continues to cause ink to flow . At the heart of the controversy, the sum of one million euros, brought together on the initiative of Jean Messiha, a far-right polemicist. This Monday, July 3, Elisabeth Borne returned to this controversial call for donations.
“The fact that it was indeed a person close to the far right who launched this kitty probably does not help to bring appeasement,” said the Prime Minister after a meeting with all the political groups, in order to discuss this tragedy and the riots that followed.
The head of the executive added that it would be, “if necessary”, for justice to decide on the legality of this kitty, but that the government “cannot decide whether or not (its) existence”.
“Support for the family of the Nanterre police officer, Florian M. who has done his job and who is today paying a high price,” reads the text accompanying the kitty, created by the former spokesperson for the candidate’s campaign. extreme right Éric Zemmour.
Its creation and success provoked the indignation of the political class on the left, the LFI deputy for Val-de-Marne, Clémence Guetté, denouncing on Twitter “absolute indecency and horror”. ” The message ? It pays to kill a young Arab,” reacted MEP Manon Aubry, asking for its deletion. The first secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure, spoke of a “cagnotte of shame”.
Asked by AFP, a spokesperson for Gofundme assured that the kitty was “in accordance” with its rules, because the funds “will be paid directly to the family in question”. The Nahel family support kitty was created on Leetchi and reached, this Monday at 2 p.m., just under 200,000 euros.