Overview

• Ferris has been on trial since June 25 for labeling all immigrants as criminals during a 2022 Vox conference in Valencia.
• His remarks at the Ateneo Mercantil security forum prompted the Interior Ministry to remove him as chief of the Comisaría Centro de Valencia.
• Witnesses testified that his statements fueled xenophobic hostility and led immigrant families in areas like Orriols to feel ostracized.
• Prosecutors and popular accusations initially sought a three-year sentence before lowering their request to one year and two months for hate speech.
• Outside the Ciudad de la Justicia, a group of supporters heckled journalists and lawyers representing the popular accusations.