“The 17th is war zone!”: influencer Rayan psn placed in police custody after inciting riots

Rayan psn, an influencer against whom the Paris police prefect took legal action because of his calls to “participate in riots” on Saturday, was arrested and placed in police custody, AFP learned from a source close to the case confirming information from BFMTV.

The influencer, whose real name is Rayanne B., was arrested around 1 a.m. in the night from Friday to Saturday in Créteil during a police check on a group of people leaving a minibus, the same source added.

During the check, after going through the wanted persons file, the police noticed that one of the people was the subject of a wanted card. In this case Rayan psn, who was arrested without incident and placed in police custody.

“I want pack leaders”

On Monday, the prefect of police, Patrice Faure, contacted the Paris public prosecutor after Rayan PSN called on the social network Twitch to mobilize under the sign “the 17th is war zone!”. “I want pack leaders, people who are not afraid, who have already been in police custody,” he said during this sequence.

By making this report public on Thursday, the Paris police headquarters stressed that the influencer, who has several hundred thousand subscribers on different social networks, had already been the subject of “several legal proceedings and convictions, notably in 2021, following a complaint filed by Jean-Michel Blanquer, then Minister of National Education, for contempt and death threats against a person holding public authority”.

“It is now up to the judicial authority,” concluded the PP, “to assess the facts reported and determine the follow-up to be given to them.”