And this time?
Two 12 or 13 year-old immigrant boys were riding on a motorbike in a Paris ghetto. Travelling at excessive speeds without proper headgear, they sped through a red light and smashed into a police car. The accident was fatal.
According to the AP report, "Omar Sehhouli, a brother of one of the accident victims, accused police of ramming the motorbike and failing to assist the injured teens."
A witness said that the local "youths" (the politically correct term for non-white immigrants) want Sarkozy to "come and explain" what happened to the two teenage boys. In any case, the incident was seen by the local immigrant population as a reason to riot.
Eerily reminiscent of the 2005 rioting in France, African and Arab immigrant thugs took to the streets, torching a reported 80 vehicles on the first day. They also set buildings on fire and shot buckshot at police officers, injuring 82 of them. The next day, 64 police were injured. As the rioting continued, 63 more cars were torched. The AFP reported that one group of "youths" threw projectiles at a fire engine, looted a car and set it on fire before moving on to "beat up one French television cameraman and steal his camera."
Throughout nearby neighborhoods, delinquent "youths" set buildings on fire with Molotov cocktails or by driving burning cars into buildings. A library was damaged, as well as a car dealership building and even a nursery school. One cannot help but wonder if the attackers understood the value of having these buildings and the services they provide, but then again...they probably expect the French will just build new ones for them.
France has vowed "to be harsh on those responsible for these criminal acts," with sentencing ranging from 3 to 10 months in the stony lonesome (wow, I hope that slap on the wrist doesn't sting too bad). To top off the lunacy, somehow the press still finds it "controversial" that Nicolas Sarkozy, the former Interior Minister and recently elected President of France, called the rioters of 2005 "scum" (1,2). Unbelievable.
Two 12 or 13 year-old immigrant boys were riding on a motorbike in a Paris ghetto. Travelling at excessive speeds without proper headgear, they sped through a red light and smashed into a police car. The accident was fatal.According to the AP report, "Omar Sehhouli, a brother of one of the accident victims, accused police of ramming the motorbike and failing to assist the injured teens."
A witness said that the local "youths" (the politically correct term for non-white immigrants) want Sarkozy to "come and explain" what happened to the two teenage boys. In any case, the incident was seen by the local immigrant population as a reason to riot.
Eerily reminiscent of the 2005 rioting in France, African and Arab immigrant thugs took to the streets, torching a reported 80 vehicles on the first day. They also set buildings on fire and shot buckshot at police officers, injuring 82 of them. The next day, 64 police were injured. As the rioting continued, 63 more cars were torched. The AFP reported that one group of "youths" threw projectiles at a fire engine, looted a car and set it on fire before moving on to "beat up one French television cameraman and steal his camera."
Throughout nearby neighborhoods, delinquent "youths" set buildings on fire with Molotov cocktails or by driving burning cars into buildings. A library was damaged, as well as a car dealership building and even a nursery school. One cannot help but wonder if the attackers understood the value of having these buildings and the services they provide, but then again...they probably expect the French will just build new ones for them.
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| A French police car targeted by "youths" Photo: Michael Sawyer, Associated Press. For non-commercial use only |
France has vowed "to be harsh on those responsible for these criminal acts," with sentencing ranging from 3 to 10 months in the stony lonesome (wow, I hope that slap on the wrist doesn't sting too bad). To top off the lunacy, somehow the press still finds it "controversial" that Nicolas Sarkozy, the former Interior Minister and recently elected President of France, called the rioters of 2005 "scum" (1,2). Unbelievable.
