Monday - November 26, 2007

"Youths" Rioting Paris

Amazing how this Reuter's article can mention "youths" a million times, but never say the "M" word. Now, I know if these were Catholic high school students, the reporter damn well note that.

French police fired tear gas and rubber bullets late on Monday during running battles with rioters in a suburb north of Paris where two youths died after a crash involving a police car.

During a second night of disturbances in Villiers-le-Bel and nearby areas, a local government official said one policeman suffered minor injuries after being shot in the shoulder by some kind of firearm.

A Reuters witness said police were pelted with stones and large firecrackers that exploded over their heads during hours of cat-and-mouse skirmishes with rioters. Read more....

Author: The Machiavellian
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