Listen again to if I dared from this Wednesday where it is about a 22-year-old shoplifter, two packages of shrimp and eviction proceedings
And we dare to say this morning that news items, however small they may be, always tell the story we are going through. This Monday evening, at 7 p.m., the Pau police arrested a 22-year-old young man. He was caught in the act of shoplifting. He stole two packs of shrimp, for a value of 20€60. This is not the breakage of the Bank of France. When we steal food, it’s hard to make ends meet, even if there’s more food than shrimp. The worst for our youngster are the consequences. He happens to be Algerian, and in an irregular situation on French soil. Instead of taking a symbolic penal sanction for this petty theft committed by a first-time offender, he was transferred to the administrative detention center in Hendaye, because he does not have proper papers. With no doubt, at the end of the procedure, a deportation to the border. For two packs of prawns stolen from the Leclerc University in Pau. We can laugh of course, but deep down it’s very sad, and it says a lot about our time.