Consulting Ibrahim Maalouf’s Twitter account is a thing of the past. The famous trumpeter simply closed it. In question, a controversial message sent to Nahel, the 17-year-old teenager killed by a policeman in Nanterre after refusing to comply, which sparked violent reactions on the Web.
“A policeman killed Nahel. The rioters kill him every night a little more. An idea: if we had taught all these young people to play musical instruments when they were little, the riots would be great orchestras of protest and everyone would buy into the cause,” the artist wrote in a since-deleted tweet.
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From the outset, the taunts went well. “Probably the biggest tweet in the history of this network,” quipped a user relaying the message of the trumpeter in question.
Internet users did not fail to bid, wielding irony: “Ah, is it all because young people don’t play music? (…) Thank you @ibrahim_maalouf for your political light”.
“Well yeah, and then we’ll make friendship bracelets in all the colors of the rainbow, and we’ll make a big farandole all held by hand and cross the whole country and…” .
In addition to sarcasm, more virulent messages recalled the accusations of sexual assault on a 14-year-old schoolgirl suffered by Ibrahim Maalouf in 2018. The artist who has always denied the facts was sentenced to 4 months in prison. suspended prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 euros at first instance before being released on appeal, in 2020. “Avoid talking about young people given your past”, it is suggested to him in particular.
Some Internet users did not hesitate to be more aggressive.
Artists, politicians, footballers … The reactions of personalities to the death of Nahel were numerous on social networks, between indignation, anger and sadness. The riots that followed this tragedy revived the debate on the situation of young people from the suburbs in France. And on social networks are spreading many comments on the subject. More or less happy…