According to the French MSM, a courthouse in Toulouse was “vandalized” last week, presumably by “youths”. Gallia Watch, as usual, was more candid, saying that the building was “sacked”.
It’s just a coincidence, of course, that there were threatening graffiti in Arabic left on the wall at the site. And the fact that an immigration decision by the court was pending — nah, that must be unrelated.
The damage to the building was fairly serious, and operations had to suspended for a period. Also, the unions threatened a work stoppage until security at the site could be assured.
Below is a news report about the incident from French TV. Many thanks to Oz-Rita for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Transcript:
| 0:00 | Behind these sheets are the messages of the intruder(s) | |
| 0:04 | One tag is of a religious character; others are | |
| 0:08 | direct threats naming staff and magistrates of the Tribunal. | |
| 0:12 | The ground floor ceiling has caved in, one of the interview rooms | |
| 0:16 | is unusable. All morning the fire brigade tried to | |
| 0:20 | stem the flooding, the taps of the second and third floors had been opened, | |
| 0:24 | evacuations were hindered, the damage is impressive. | |
| 0:28 | It’s devastating. Everything | |
| 0:33 | is ruined, ceilings collapsed, files are on the ground, | |
| 0:37 | computers are on the floor. | |
| 0:41 | No traces of break-in on the facade of the building. The culprits seem to | |
| 0:45 | have entered via the parking. The staff are in shock. | |
| 0:49 | The unions claim “the right to stop work” and demand appropriate security measures. | |
| 0:53 | We demand a police presence | |
| 0:57 | in every jurisdiction, (and) the securing of | |
| 1:02 | tribunals, because this is not in place everywhere. | |
| 1:06 | We’ve already signalled security problems at the reception, | |
| 1:10 | and we also demand the securing of the building. | |
| 1:14 | Coincidence? Hearings were suspended today because of | |
| 1:18 | the visit by the vice president of the State Council. This | |
| 1:22 | is a measure of the gravity of this situation. I think that the staff are | |
| 1:26 | worried, there is a real gravity at the heart of the tribunal | |
| 1:30 | of the Administrative Tribunal of Toulouse, (but) I don’t think | |
| 1:34 | that the “right to stop work” is valid here. | |
| 1:38 | And anyway, we will do everything necessary | |
| 1:42 | so that the concerns expressed here | |
| 1:46 | will be treated in a preventive manner. A complaint will be lodged, | |
| 1:50 | and hearings should restart, partially, this week. As to the staff named in the threats, | |
| 1:54 | they will have the benefit of protection by the State. |
Seems to me that the “protection” of the French state isn’t worth much when they’ve disarmed everyone including the police.
This is clearly an act of terrorism intended to influence government policy. What do you want to bet that it will not be handled as such by French “security”?
http://www.constitutionnet.org/news/liberte-egalite-fraternite-et-securite-balancing-civil-liberty-and-national-security-after
Toulouse was such a pretty city. I was there six years ago. Even then there were places one was not supposed to go. My co-worker who acted as a guide on lunch hours was careful as to where we went. Now all that seems to come from Toulouse are stories of muslim violence.