Overview
- At his December 6 campaign launch in Marseille alongside Assa Traoré, Sébastien Delogu said “the police killed her brother,” referring to Adama Traoré.
- RN deputy Franck Allisio filed an article 40 signalment to the prosecutor and alerted the interior minister, calling the remarks defamatory and an insult to police.
- Marseille mayor Benoît Payan labeled the statement an error and a moral fault, urging candidates not to reduce the national police to isolated tragedies.
- New regional prefect Jacques Witkowski publicly deplored the comments and reaffirmed support for police and gendarmes, prompting Delogu to accuse him of political interference and to vow he would not be silenced.
- Adama Traoré died in 2016 after a gendarmerie intervention; a non-lieu was confirmed in 2024 and the family has filed a cassation appeal, with no prosecution reported against Delogu to date.