Farid de la Morlette
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About
Farid Ghilas, who nicknamed himself Farid de la Morlette is a French young man who filmed himself abusing a cat by throwing it onto a building et posted it on Facebook. The discovery of his video triggered an online outcry on the French web and a petition to make Farid arrested.
Origin
On January 22th 2014, Farid Ghilas[1] from Marseille, France, uploaded two mobile videos on his Facebook account in which he is seen throwing a cat onto the side of a building. In it, he presented himself as Farid de la Morlette, referencing La Maurelette, a neighborhood in Marseille. The videos were soon deleted after many people reacted violently on its disturbing animal-abusing content. Other people saved it and uploaded to Youtube to keep an online trace of the crime.
Spread and Online Reaction
Several French news sites reported on the videos, including Spi0n[2], éteignezvotreordinateur[3], 5minutesàtuer[4] and more formal news websites such as Belgian news Lameuse.be[7].
An online petition asking the French Secretary of Justice for Farid's arrest was filled on Avaaz.org[5], gathering more than 75 000 signatures.
Farid's Arrest
On January 31st, regional news outlet La Provence issued an headline[6] stating that Farid was arrested and charged with animal cruelty. According to a followup article, the cat, named Oscar, was found still alive[8].
External References
[1] Farid Ghilas's Facebook account
[2] Spi0n – Un marseillais torture un chat / 1-30-2014
[3] Eteignezvotreordinateur – Farid Ghilas (de la Morlette sur Facebook) torture un chat à Marseille
[4] 5minutesàperdre – Farid Ghilas de la Morlette, tueur de chat à Marseille
[5] Avaaz.org – Mme Taubira et Mr Valls: une condamnation exemplaire
[6] La Provence – Interpellé après avoir diffusé sur Facebook des vidéos où il torture un chat
[7] La Meuse – Farid torture et jette un chat contre le mur: une pétition pour le faire condamner compte plus de 50.000 signatures
[8] La Provence – Le chat torturé aurait été retrouvé vivant
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