Tuesday, 31 July 2018

'Solidarity!' French politicians praise woman who stood up to harasser

Marie Laguerre was punched by a man who she told to shut up after he whistled at her in the street

French politicians have rallied in support of a woman who was hit by a man when she stood up to him after he harassed her in the street, calling the attack “unacceptable”, “revolting” and “intolerable behaviour”.

“Total solidarity! Thank you Marie Laguerre for your courage! Stop harassment!” Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, wrote in response to a tweet by the victim of the attack, 22-year-old architecture student Marie Laguerre.

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