File S is France’s terror watch list. It is just as effective as terror watch lists in other countries, which is not at all. Frédéric later explained that he screamed “Allahu akbar” because “We scare each other with that.”
Yes, that’s the idea, although it’s not actually a matter of scaring “each other”; the scaring is all done by the jihadis. 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta reminded himself to “shout, ‘Allahu Akbar,’ because this strikes fear in the hearts of the non-believers.”
Manon Noël, deputy public prosecutor, noted that “it is clear that everything that has been put in place has failed.”
Yes, and everything that has been put in place will continue to fail, because everything that has been put in place is based on false assumptions and wishful thinking rather than reality regarding Islam.
“INFO LA DEPECHE. Tarn-et-Garonne: one year in prison for the instigator of the crazy chase, file S,” translated from “INFO LA DEPECHE. Tarn-et-Garonne : un an de prison ferme pour l’auteur de la course folle, fiché S,” by Thierry Dupuy, La Depeche, August 16, 2023 (thanks to Medforth):
A 39-year-old motorist was sentenced, this Wednesday, August 16, in immediate appearance at the Montauban court. After his refusal to comply, five days earlier, a chase began with the municipal police, who ended up immobilizing him by shooting him with an electric pulse gun.
It may not be a record in this area, but it is what we call, all the same, having a good criminal record. At 39, this man who has already spent seventeen years of his life in prison, has nineteen entries on his document listing his court convictions. A record on which is found a large number of offenses punishable by law: theft of all kinds, degradation, drug trafficking, insults, rebellion, complicity in assassination, trickery, destruction of property… In short, a human breviary of the Penal Code.
This time, Frédéric, on file S after his radicalization in prison, was “hooked” for refusing to comply. Which therefore earned him to be presented, this Wednesday, August 16, in immediate appearance before the judicial court of Montauban.
“Allah akbar! I will blow them all up”
Shortly before 3 p.m. on Friday August 11, a Montauban municipal police crew spotted a gray Volkswagen Golf with three men on board in the city center. According to the conclusions of the investigation which will be entrusted to the police station, the trio was, at that time, doing some somewhat special shopping: purchases of cocaine and ecstasy in town.
Suddenly, the car made a U-turn on the Mortarieu alleys, before engaging in a chase in the Consul Dupuy alleys. The driver headed at high speed towards the districts of Sapiac, then Villebourbon. In passing, he ripped off the rearview mirror of a car, then burned a red light. And he ended up stopping, in the district of Villebourbon, abandoning his car and his fellow chasers not far from Pont-Vieux.
Still as determined, Frédéric continued his escape on foot, while the two passengers were quickly arrested by the police. Almost at the same time, the younger of the two men then received a call from Frédéric on his phone: “Allah akbar! I’m going to put on my explosive belt and I’m going to blow them all up.” The tension went up a notch.
Warned that they were dealing with an S file, the police were more and more worried. Around 7 p.m., when the suspect was located on the public highway, in the Villebourbon district, the municipal police officers prepared to arrest him. When the suspect slips a hand under his shirt and raises his head to the sky, officers fear the worst. They do not hesitate to shoot him with their electric pulse gun. He is neutralized.
“I panicked, I didn’t want to hurt anyone”
During the hearing, there was never any question of the reasons why this native of Figeac was on file S for terrorism, nor of his radicalization in detention. On the other hand, the court asked the defendant, of course, for explanations on the “Allah akbar” launched on the telephone. “There was no intention on my part to hurt anyone. We scare each other with that. That’s all,” he simply replied to the president of the court Virginie Lagarrigue.
And why did you refuse to comply? “I panicked. I had a broken headlight, and a problem on my gray card which was not up to date. I would have done better to stop. I would have been fined and my life would have continued normally. I had found a job. I had to pick apples from Monday.”
Manon Noël, deputy public prosecutor, estimated “that we are coming to the end of the race with Mr…. It is clear that everything that has been put in place has failed.” According to her, “he behaved in a very disturbing way.” The public prosecutor requested fifteen months in prison with continued detention.
Julie Emilie Rodriguez, Frédéric’s lawyer, felt “that we do not condemn on a profile, but on facts.” She asked for a mixed sentence, “so that she can do everything possible when he gets out of prison so that he can reintegrate….