A Mallorca court considers that the rapper Pablo Hásel cannot be held directly or indirectly responsible for the attacks that occurred at an empty Civil Guard barracks after a concert by the singer on the island on October 12, 2019.
The rapper performed in Felanitx that day at a concert in support of Valtónyc. Once on stage and at the end of his performance, he burned the Spanish flag. “We cannot tolerate fascism. This flag does not represent me because it represents the interests of the fascist oligarchy,” he said at the concert.
Shortly afterwards, that same night, unknown persons entered the Sineu Civil Guard barracks, a different municipality from the one where the concert was held, and caused damage to the furniture. The ACTUA entity, the party from which Vox later emerged, filed a complaint in which it related these events and attributed responsibility for the damage to Hásel due to his proclamations at the concert.
The entity accused the rapper of a hate crime for having incited the attack on the empty barracks. The Prosecutor’s Office understood that the arguments were justified and action could be taken against Hásel for a hate crime. The concert in which Hásel performed was an act of support for Valtónyc, who was already in Belgium, and in defense of freedom of expression.
Despite the support of the Prosecutor’s Office for the complaint, a Manacor Court has decided to file the complaint against Hásel because it understands that direct responsibility for the attack on the barracks cannot be attributed to him. He affirms that the destruction is a criminal offense, but specifies that there is evidence to accuse no one of being the direct cause, according to Diario de Mallorca.
For this reason, the judge has ordered the dismissal of the case and the filing of the proceedings. Hásel is serving a sentence in the Lleida prison for a crime of glorifying terrorism for the lyrics of some of his songs.
