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CNews broadcast comparing Saint-Denis mayor to a monkey denounced as racist

During a CNews debate about the newly elected mayor of Saint-Denis, a psychologist said humans are social mammals of the great ape family and that every tribe has a chief, remarks denounced as racist for likening the mayor to a monkey and a tribal chief.

  • France
  • Severity 1 of 5 — Discriminatory speech or policy

Reported by 13 sources

  1. laprovence.com/article/france-monde/11496176541366/le-maire-de-saint-denis-annonce-une-plainte-apres-des-propos-sur-cnews-denonces-comme-racistes
  2. lanouvelletribune.info/2026/03/france-segolene-royal-defend-bally-bagayoko-et-tacle-les-delinquants-de-cnews/
  3. bfmtv.com/politique/la-france-insoumise/le-maire-lfi-de-saint-denis-bally-bagayoko-annonce-qu-il-va-porter-plainte-apres-des-propos-sur-c-news-denonces-comme-racistes_AD-202603290093.html
  4. nouvelobs.com/societe/20260329.OBS113711/sequence-raciste-sur-cnews-bally-bagayoko-porte-plainte-et-appelle-a-un-grand-rassemblement.html
  5. paris.maville.com/actu/actudet_-propos-polemiques-sur-cnews-le-maire-de-saint-denis-appelle-a-un-rassemblement-antiraciste-samedi-_fil-7257179_actu.Htm
  6. lopinion.fr/politique/le-maire-de-saint-denis-bally-bagayoko-appelle-a-un-rassemblement-contre-le-racisme
  7. lavanguardia.com/internacional/20260330/11502158/alcalde-saint-denis-denuncia-ataques-racistas-tertuliano-cnews.html
  8. nicematin.com/societe/attaques-ignobles-plainte-deposee-soutien-du-gouvernement-on-vous-resume-la-polemique-entre-cnews-et-le-maire-de-saint-denis-bally-bagayoko-10675075
  9. rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/politique/c-est-trop-c-est-mechant-les-habitants-de-saint-denis-choques-des-propos-racistes-visant-bally-bagayoko_AV-202604010561.html
  10. sudouest.fr/politique/marche-contre-le-racisme-le-maire-de-saint-denis-bally-bagayoko-organise-un-rassemblement-ce-samedi-apres-midi-28565528.php
  11. bfmtv.com/politique/la-france-insoumise/trop-c-est-trop-avant-la-manifestation-contre-le-racisme-a-saint-denis-le-maire-bally-bagayoko-denonce-des-institutions-defaillantes_AN-202604040227.html
  12. eldiario.es/internacional/miles-personas-manifiestan-francia-racismo-ataques-alcalde-saint-denis_1_13119372.html
  13. rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/societe/qu-on-arrete-de-banaliser-le-racisme-des-milliers-de-personnes-rassemblees-a-saint-denis-a-l-appel-de-bally-bagayoko_AV-202604050085.html
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