Excerpt: Sunday’s night’s clashes came hours after the motorcycle crashed into the patrol car. A 15-year-old and 16-year-old were killed in the accident.
Police officials said the motorbike ignored traffic rules and ran into the police vehicle, and that the bike was unregistered and neither teen was wearing a helmet.
The police station stood little more than a shell after youths lobbed Molotov cocktails at the building. Few shops in town were spared the violence. About 15 cars were torched, and several fires were set in garbage cans.
The head of the opposition Socialist Party, Francois Hollande, called the violence the result of “a social and political crisis.”
“Promises were made. We want to see the results,” Hollande said on France-Inter radio of government promises to address suburban tensions. “How long have we been talking about a ‘plan for the suburbs’?” Full Story
This takes “No Justice No Peace” to an entirely cogent level! Damn! Talk about taking no shorts! Instead we have media friendly, politicians speaking against riots and political unrest in an effort to coerce the opposition into playing nice and we wonder why we’re not taken seriously and have to endure noose pranks.
Police officials said the motorbike ignored traffic rules and ran into the police vehicle, and that the bike was unregistered and neither teen was wearing a helmet.
The police station stood little more than a shell after youths lobbed Molotov cocktails at the building. Few shops in town were spared the violence. About 15 cars were torched, and several fires were set in garbage cans.
The head of the opposition Socialist Party, Francois Hollande, called the violence the result of “a social and political crisis.”
“Promises were made. We want to see the results,” Hollande said on France-Inter radio of government promises to address suburban tensions. “How long have we been talking about a ‘plan for the suburbs’?” Full Story
This takes “No Justice No Peace” to an entirely cogent level! Damn! Talk about taking no shorts! Instead we have media friendly, politicians speaking against riots and political unrest in an effort to coerce the opposition into playing nice and we wonder why we’re not taken seriously and have to endure noose pranks.
