Mayor Doucet Complaint: Islamophobic Comments on Back-to-School Video

Lyon Mayor Grégory Doucet (EELV) has filed a complaint for defamation and public insult after a video he posted for the school return garnered “thousands of racist and abusive comments,” especially Islamophobic ones.

The video, filmed on September 1st at Les Geraniums elementary school in Duchère, showed the mayor welcoming students, with several veiled mothers visible among those dropping off their children. This imagery reportedly triggered a “racist surge,” which the mayor denounced as “viral and uninhibited hatred,” noting he was also personally targeted by insults.