Norobiik @[email protected]Jul 1, 2023

"Under mounting pressure from #rightwing parties to declare a #StateOfEmergency, which would give authorities extra powers to ban #demonstrations and limit free movement, the government is desperate to avoid a repeat of 2005, when the death of two boys of African origin in a police chase sparked three weeks of rioting." #DeathOfNahel

#FranceRiots: hundreds arrested in fourth night of unrest as 45,000 #police deployed | #France | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/30/france-riots-more-than-400-arrested-as-police-officer-accused-of-shooting-teen-apologises

France riots: hundreds arrested in fourth night of unrest as 45,000 police deployed

France’s interior minister says that “significant reinforcements” have been sent to Marseille where more than 80 people have been arrested

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 1, 2023

"Days of violent #protests across #France after the fatal police shooting of a teenager have started to impact the country's #tourism sector, with #hotels and #restaurants facing cancellations while some have also suffered damage in the unrest." #DeathOfNahel

French tourism industry suffers cancellations over violent unrest
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230701-french-tourism-industry-suffers-cancellations-over-violent-unrest

French tourism industry suffers cancellations over violent unrest

Days of violent protests across France after the fatal police shooting of a teenager have started to impact the country's tourism sector, with hotels and restaurants facing cancellations while some have also suffered damage in the unrest.

France 24
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]

"#Rioters have torched 2,000 vehicles since the start of the unrest. More than 200 #police officers have been injured, Darmanin said on Saturday, adding that the average age of those arrested was 17.

More than 700 #shops, #supermarkets, #restaurants and #BankBranches had been 'ransacked, looted and sometimes even burned to the ground since Tuesday. ' " #FranceRiots

#France unrest appears to be ebbing but more than 700 arrested
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/2/france-unrest-protest-riots-calmer-night

France unrest appears to be ebbing but more than 700 arrested

France faced fifth night of rioting over police killing of teenager, but intensity of violence appears to be subsiding.

Al Jazeera
Jul 2, 2023 at 10:56amWeb
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 2, 2023

Mothers had to stand guard at the school to make sure it wasn't burned to the ground - just like the library 🔥😞

"#Borny, with a population of 17,000, above average unemployment and more than half of its residents living below the #poverty line, is like of many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police in recent days" #France #FranceRiots

‘There is no hope’: simmering anger boils over in poverty-riven French district
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/02/no-hope-anger-poverty-riven-french-district-borny-france-riots

‘There is no hope’: simmering anger boils over in poverty-riven French district

Situation in Borny mirrors that in many of the neighbourhoods that have clashed with police amid riots

The Guardian
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 3, 2023

“The cars have done nothing against you, the schools have done nothing against you, the buses have done nothing against you,” Nadia said. “Do not damage the schools, do not damage the buses, it’s the moms who take the buses.” #DeathOfNahel #France #FranceRiots

Slain teenager’s grandmother calls for end to riots in France
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/2/slain-teenagers-grandmother-calls-for-end-to-riots-in-france

Slain teenager’s grandmother calls for end to riots in France

The grandmother of Nahel M tells rioters to stop the violence, saying she has ‘faith in the judiciary’ to bring justice.

Al Jazeera
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 4, 2023

French President Emmanuel #Macron on Tuesday met with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into #riots after the killing of a teenager at a traffic stop. #FranceRiots

#France's Macron says riots 'peak' has passed at meeting with local mayors
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230704-france-s-macron-says-riots-peak-has-passed-at-meeting-with-local-mayors

France's Macron says riots 'peak' has passed at meeting with local mayors

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday met with hundreds of French officials to begin exploring the "deeper reasons" for the country's plunge into riots after the killing of a teenager at a traffic stop.

France 24
Show threadmike805Jul 2, 2023

@Norobiik The problem with letting in random refugees from a war-torn country is this:

You inevitably get some of the ****s that made the war-torn country such a hell-hole that people had to escape from there.

People who torch schools and libraries are exactly why a lot of the middle eastern countries have refugees fleeing from them. Some of those problem people came in along with the legitimate refugees.

Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 3, 2023

@mike805 Something really has gone wrong with the way France integrates immigrants or people with color. You don't get this widespread level of rage and destruction unless things have been boiling hot for a long time.

This is also a byproduct of the pandemic which hit the education & job prospects of the young pretty hard. I don't think it's a coincidence that the average age of the rioters is 17.

Show threadFightingIbexJul 4, 2023
@mike805 @Norobiik Can you provide a source for the ethnic makeup of the rioters? Though I realize it’s anecdotal the pictures I have seen, including the one above, feature fair-haired and fair-complected people.
Show threadmike805Jul 4, 2023

@FightingIbex @Norobiik Most of the pictures I've seen were in the dark, and the rioters were wearing hoods and masks.

The kid who got killed was definitely an immigrant. But I would not be surprised if the local antifa and nihilist types got involved. Those people will take advantage of any opportunity to go out and wreak havoc.

Last time this happened, a couple of kids being chased by the cops jumped a fence into a power substation and got electrocuted. Not sure how that was cops' fault.

Show threadThe Way of AccountabilityJul 2, 2023
@Norobiik this doesn't happen in a just society
Show threadNorobiik @[email protected]Jul 2, 2023
@liberate No, it doesn't. Unfortunately, several other countries are just like France - it just hasn't blown up for them yet.