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What is known about William M., 69, suspected of killing at least three people outside the Amet-Kaya Kurdish Cultural Centre (updated 18:18 UTC+1)

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Previous criminal record for racism
According to Le Monde, the suspect, William M., 69, is known to the courts "for acts of violence committed in 2016 and for attempted voluntary manslaughter in a migrant camp in the 12th arrondissement of Paris on 8 December 2021".
In a statement, the Paris prosecutor's office mentions three prior judicial records. In June 2017, William M. was sentenced to six suspended prison terms for "prohibited possession of weapons of categories A, B and C". In June 2022, he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for acts of violence with weapons committed in 2016. The proceedings are still ongoing, as William M. has appealed against this judgment.
More recently, William M. is suspected of having slashed with a sword, in December 2021, several shelters in a camp occupied by migrants, mainly single men of Sudanese origin, located behind the Accor Arena concert hall in Paris. Two people at the scene were briefly hospitalised at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital with injuries.
Released from prison on 12 December
In this last case, the sexagenarian was charged with "violence with TIW of less than or more than eight days with a weapon, with premeditation and of a racist nature and damage". Placed in pre-trial detention for almost a year, he was released on 12 December last year and placed under judicial supervision with a ban on leaving the country and carrying a weapon. A release from prison comes "at the end of the maximum period of pre-trial detention of one year provided by law", the prosecutor said in a statement. As the judicial investigation is still underway, William M. has not yet been tried.
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Shooting in Paris: William M., a "taciturn" retiree and gun enthusiast who had already tried to kill

He's a rather taciturn person who doesn't say much," says one of his acquaintances. He's a silent person, it's complicated to know what he thinks. He has never expressed any racist remarks in front of me". Our colleagues from the M 6 channel took the testimony of the suspect's father. "My son is a madman. His mother was trying to get him back on track," he said. On Friday, William is said to have told the police officers questioning him that he did not like Kurds.
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The investigators searched the home where he lived for almost three hours. They had to use crowbars and came away with a large paper bag. During his first interviews, William explained that he had acted for "racial reasons". Earlier, the Paris prosecutor's office said that there was no evidence "to support any affiliation of this man to an extremist ideological movement".

No further information at the moment. >

He also did this in 2001 in an immigrant centre where he got into a conflict with immigrants. Clear Rasict prick. He got locked up for it for years, and they just released him. A day after release, he gets back at his original ways. Who would have thought. >

You can't jail people for life based on the presumption that they will commit crimes once they're out. >

Glad we're risking innocent lives because proven criminals "deserve" a second chance.
Those innocent people deserved to live, he deserved nothing. >

Right, because as we all know, everyone in prison is a proven criminal; there has never in history been a case of an innocent person being sentenced for crimes they did not commit, no sir. /s
Also, a lot of people do change, and everyone shouldn't be punished because some don't. I don't know about France specifically, but an issue with most prisons/criminal systems is that they are designed to punish instead of rehabilitate.
You're taking one case where the system failed and projecting it as a whole picture, and then using that to justify things such as "proven criminals" not deserving second chances. >


Also, a lot of people do change

Except those 3 dead innocent people. They're dead forever. 
But yeah let's focus on redeeming guys who aren't innocent. >

Good job focusing on and replying to less than 10% of my comment.
Care to address the rest, or is not convenient to your Medieval thought and ideas?
How many innocent people would your system leave in prison forever? Either because they were innocent from the start, or because they did change, but they'll never get an opportunity to show it.
I reckon it's a lot more than three.
Again:

You're taking one case where the system failed and projecting it as a whole picture, and then using that to justify things such as "proven criminals" not deserving second chances.

You're verging on authoritarian safety thought. Same line of thinking that lead to the patriot act in the USA, and which leads to mass surveillance, and which very obviously leads to mass incarceration rates.
But whatever, go off with your populist, backwards, dramatized, bullshit that you try so hard to peddle as empathy when you clearly lack any; I won't waste more time on you. >

Three innocent people are dead and you're still focusing on how convicted criminals should have more rights. 
Nice to see where your priorities are. I don't think I'd ever support someone who values criminals over innocent people. >

The ethical concept and idea that life itself has an intrinsic value and can’t be measured nor weight against each other, is widespread in europe, mainly because Kant. So, the person you are talking to doesn’t values the life of criminals more, rather he values every life equal with the same human rights. You on the other hand devalue the life of criminals and therefore eliminate the absolute status of life. Basically the value of life becomes subjective. >

It wasnt a "migrant center" its an established kurdish cultural center >

What do some people have against Kurds? >

they look middle eastern >

It depends, Kurdistan goes over several territories, some Kurdish are Arabic looking, some look more like Turks. >

I’m assuming that most anti-migrant racists won’t make that distinction >

I am grossly uneducated on it but why is it that anytime I see anything related to Kurds it's them being fucked by whatever government or people they are around. >

Kurdish people are minority in every country and get discriminated and killed by the government host countries
But in this situation, it is a terrorist who killed Kurds >

It's a bit weird how the Kurds are having protests in Paris blaming Turkey and Erdogan for this attack. The attack was carried out by a Frenchman, like wtf? >

Any sources he was French? >

Apparently his name was William M. and he is 69 Years Old. Doesn't sound turkish for me >

Yeah. Found it on a French source. Thanks! >

Its funny how they never call these criminals terrorists... >

Because it’s not taken objectively: causing terror to others seems to not being considered terrorism. Terrorism is only if it’s causing terror to people like you. >

Terrorism is violence in support of a political goal.
It has a very clear definition that Reddit likes to ignore. >

I hate seeing this all the time >

Three people are not killed in Paris all the time >

you're not all the time