French City of Montpellier pays homage to murdered teacher and freedom of expression by projecting the Charlie Hebdo cartoons

From Breitbart 

Heavily armed police officers stood guard Wednesday evening as a French city defied Islamist terrorism by projecting huge images of Charlie Hebdo cartoons on a local government building.

The projections, which included cartoons of Mohammed, came as part of a French national tribute to teacher Samuel Paty which is taking place on Wednesday evening.

Reporter Chris Tomlinson has video on his tweets here

Regional mayor Carole Delga was quoted by FranceBleu as saying of the decision to show the art: “there must be no weakness in the face of the enemies of democracy, facing those who transform religion into a weapon of war… those who intend to destroy the Republic.”

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  1. Montpellier has shown more courage than is found in the United States, especially considering that this kind of show is more risky in France.

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