Jean Messiha, moved by the plight of the French policeman who shot Nahel Merzouk and now sits in jail, awaiting trial, and of his wife and child who now have had to move, living in fear of their lives from vengeful Muslims, started a GoFundMe campaign for the family that has now raised more than 1.6 million euros.
Now the family of Nahel M. has accused Messiha of “organized gang fraud.” He is going to sue them for defamation. More on this latest contretemps can be found here: “Crowdfunder for French policeman hits €1.6 million as organizer sues dead teenager’s mother for defamation after allegations of fraud,” by Thomas Brooke, Remix News, July 5, 2023:
A fundraiser to support the family of the French police officer who shot and killed a runaway teenager driver has been disabled by the organizer after surpassing €1.6 million.
The GoFundMe campaign launched six days ago had amassed 85,105 individual donations from members of the public expressing solidarity with the officer before the ability to add further donations was paused on Wednesday evening with the total at €1,636,190.
The officer, known as Florian M., was detained and held on homicide charges after shooting dead 17-year-old Nahel M., a boy of Algerian descent who had attempted to drive off after being stopped by police….
The popularity of the fundraiser, which states its support for Florian M. “who has done his job and is now paying a high price,” is consistent with Ifop polling published by Le Figaro newspaper last week. The survey showed a majority of French citizens (57 percent) trust or sympathize with the police; 69 percent of respondents condemned the rioters and backed a state of emergency being invoked by the French government.
A separate fundraiser was also launched to provide support to the mother of the deceased teenager and has received €424,544 — a quarter of the funds achieved for the police officers’ family.
The crowdfunder for Florian M. and his family was widely criticized by left-wing French politicians, who claimed it sent the wrong message.
“The assumed message is ‘kill Arabs and you will become millionaires,’” wrote David Guiraud, an MP for the La France Insoumise (LFI) party.
David Guiraud is of the far-left party, La France Insoumise, that always defends Muslim migrants. The message of this whole affair is not what he says, but rather, this: “If you, as a policeman, kill an Arab in the line of duty, you will be convicted of murder before trial by the highest officials in the land, and your family will for the rest of their lives have to live under assumed names for their own safety.”
Even prominent members of the French government attacked the fundraiser, including Minister Delegate of Cities and Housing Olivier Klein, who claimed it was associated with an ulterior motive of the “extreme right,” and Justice Minister Éric Dupond-Moretti, who told France Inter it did “not serve to calm the situation” in the country.
French officials, from President Macron on down, have behaved like hanging judges in this whole affair. Long before a trial will be held, Macron described the policeman’s act as “inexplicable” and “unforgivable.” Similar judgements were offered by Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne and Minister of the Interior Gerard Darmanin. Whatever happened to the presumption of innocence? Now the Minister of Cities and Housing, Olivier Klein, cannot see the fundraising as a simple act of fellow feeling for a policeman whom many believe is being judged unfairly, and who wish to help his now-threatened family; it is not an act associated with the “extreme right,” as Oliver Klein claims. And if this fundraising does “not serve to calm the situation,” as the Justice Minister, Eric Dupond-Moretti, claims – meaning that Muslims might continue their rioting to protest this simple act of sympathy for the family of Florian M. — should Muslim rioters be given a veto on what can be done to help Florian M.’s family? Does the government want such aid to stop? Apparently, yes.
It is unknown whether or not the crowdfunder will resume, nor whether the French government has intervened to request its removal.
Jean Messiha, the organizer of the fundraiser who is an economist, former senior civil servant, and the president of the Vivre Français think tank, has faced accusations of “organized gang fraud” and corruption from the deceased’s family in relation to the funds, allegations he intends to contest in court.
“How is it a provocation to help a family that is in turmoil? This policeman is sleeping in prison, he has a wife and a young child who have been forced to leave their accommodation because their address was broadcast on social networks,” Messiha told CNews’ “Morandini Live” program Wednesday.
“The political system has mobilized for Nahel, but who has mobilized for this policeman and his family?…
“Who did I defraud? Who is the gang? I am in contact with the policeman’s wife, who is the only beneficiary. I am also in contact with his lawyer. I have no intention of doing anything outside the law,” he added.
Nahel M.’s family has accused Jean Messiha of “fraud” – presumably, meaning that he is helping himself to some of the money that he has raised. It’s a charge for which there is not the slightest evidence, and that he angrily rejects. Now he is going to sue the family for “defamation.” One hopes that justice prevails, and that the family is forced to pay Messiha from its own crowdfunding effort, the money which now is apparently going straight into Nahel’s mother’s pockets.
One final note: the father of Nahel M., who left the family before Nahel was born, who was not present at any point during the seventeen years of Nahel’s existence, has suddenly appeared, claiming that he had been long been eager to see his son, but “circumstances” – including some years spent in prison – had prevented this. Suddenly he’s become the loving and grieving father, who has arrived too late to see his son, but just in time to find out what he can get of the money being collected for Nahel’s family, which will be the only way he can assuage his grief.
somehistory says
If they paid the policemen enough for risking life and limb every day on the streets filled with those intent on rape and murder in the name of their false god, his family might not need a fund to help with their expenses.
And…”“The assumed message ” the creepy pol should have learned long ago not to “assume” anything.
Good for the guy who raised the money and for all who gave so the officer could have support and his family would not be left destitute while he sits behind bars.
Of course the family of the lawbreaking teenager are accusing him of wrongs. that’s what mozlums do. Why are they raising money? Were they dependent on their teen son to provide for them? Perhaps they would like to use the money collected to return to the place from whence they came. Fraud, indeed.
Brian Ozzy says
Exactly somehistory. The world has gone mad and decency, justice, morals and critical thinking have all but disappeared!
tgusa says
Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.
Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason.
somehistory says
Thank you, Brian. It’s getting really tiresome, too.
Tatanka says
Satan is winning….for now
somehistory says
The demon is winning some battles, but he will not win the War.
Defender says
Davil will win as Europeans are so dumb to understand and protect themselves. Its would be too late till you wake up.
born saturday says
nahel was a member of some of the biggest gangs in france… himself was a pimp who had been picking his underage victims from his school for years to prostitute them with the protection of his gang… he had a series of other offences recorded but he was involved in much worse and the police on his case found out… he had to be stopped like so many other muslim teens who take over gang roles within the schools in raping drugging and prostituting native youth,,,,, where there is some native youth…
Aum says
Innocent until proven guilty.
Brian Ozzy says
Actually under French law I believe it is the opposite. There it is guilty until proven innocent.
Defender says
Europe is Committing Suicide. How can these people be so dumb? Muslims are so crooked and European will only know when they even lost their lives.
tgusa says
If the cop had been a devout muslim he would have raped the prick and then killed him.
Watto35 says
The arab youths that live in the tower blocks or HLMs are given money by the French state, they live in rent-free accomodation, they have free medical care, they have easy educational courses and if they get into university their grades are enhanced.
There is a fashion they follow of riding their motor cycles on the back wheels at speed in traffic which has involved injuries to themselves and other motorists and pedestrians. The police are not allowed to stop them because it is ‘too dangerous’.
The shooting of this 17 year-old Nahel, a drug-pusher with a long ctiminal record has been condemned by Macron and many other politicians. The gendarmes and police in France have a difficult enough time without Macron stabbing them in the back.
Michael Copeland says
Just for the record, the youth stopped by police had not “attempted to drive off after being stopped by police….” He actually did drive off, apparently deflecting the policeman’s arm, when the gun was aimed at his leg, to a different position, causing the bullet to enter his chest instead.
James Lincoln says
Yes, Michael.
Body cam video shows this, and you can even hear the engine of the car accelerate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSfcLfoNkFk
somehistory says
Thanks for the link, James, but I don’t have a sign in to prove I’m old enough to see the video. I will easily take your word for it that you can hear the engine accelerate.
Some of the comments below the video show that even with a video of the event, people will still come to the wrong conclusions.
somehistory says
Yes, MC. I read that and the calls for him to be tried, already convicted for murder, are evil. macron is bought and paid-for by the mozlums who riot, rape, destroy, and murder. he has made the officer a sacrificial lamb in order to appease the lawbreakers.
Hoi Polloi says
They’re not rioting, they’re at war. Wake up world.
Hoi Polloi says
And GoFundMe has repeatedly engaged in political targeting and theft of funds.
davidafoot says
A tale of two Frances indeed! Three little nice European babies were knifed in their necks, in their playground by a brainwashed follower of the cult of evil dressed up as a Christian and not a bicycle gets set on fire!
Yet look at all the fuss they make when a punk follower of the evil cult gets done for (as is alleged) risking the life of civilized people, driving in bus lanes and you name it and when rightly confronted by a brave policeman he failed to obey!
Europe must be saved and for that, Marxism and Islam must be purged, you can’t have a democracy with voters who have foreign ideologies which reject equality, democracy and freedom, these “voters” only use freedom and democracy to destroy them as we can see in France. We need to stop the invasion and save our European identities.