Overview

• Prefect Philippe Court confirmed he filed a complaint on Tuesday for injure and defamation and urged the deputy to remove the post.
• Aurélien Taché refuses to delete the message, denounces what he calls censorship of a parliamentarian, and says he will defend his freedom of expression.
• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau publicly backed law enforcement, calling to “ne rien laisser passer” and decrying what he labeled irresponsible attacks on police.
• The post cited the death of 33-year-old Gabriel Bée in Augé on May 21 after a gendarme fired during a nighttime noise intervention, with two inquiries open and the victim’s mother disputing the prosecutor’s account.
• The dispute has spread to other departments through exchanges between prefects and LFI figures as the defamation case proceeds separately from the shooting investigations.