Xavier Bertrand, deputy mayor of Saint-Quentin in the North of France affirmed that travellers had military weapons. The former ministers wants to disarm them to prevent violence like the recent murder in a camp in the north of France.

This is definitively DAFT! But the Figaro went a step further…

While saying that no, travellers have no military weapons, it manages to say that all Rroma are stealing and dealing with stolen goods. Nice generalisation.

UNACCEPTABLE!

• Les gens du voyage possèdent-ils des armes de guerre ? In: Le Figaro. 31.08.2015. http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/08/31/01016-20150831ARTFIG00378-les-gens-du-voyage-possedent-ils-des-armes-de-guerre.php
• Xavier Bertrand veut “désarmer les gens du voyage”. In: RTL. 31.08.2015. http://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/xavier-bertrand-veut-desarmer-les-gens-du-voyage-7779563220