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Paris: France He said on Friday the coming hours would be crucial after three nights of rioting since a police officer shot dead a teenager at a traffic stop in a working-class suburb of Paris.
Violence has drowned out the president Emmanuel Macron In the most serious crisis of his leadership since the yellow vest protests that began in 2018.
Unrest broke out across the country, including in cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille as well as Paris where Nahl M. was shot. , a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent, on Tuesday. Nanterre suburb.
His death, caught on video, sparked long-standing complaints among poor and racially mixed urban communities of police violence and racism.
“The coming hours will be decisive and I know I can count on your impeccable efforts,” Home Secretary Gerald Darmanin wrote to firefighters and police officers seeking to quell the unrest that broke out after dark.
He called on local authorities to stop the passage of buses and trams starting at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) across France. The government said all options to stem the unrest would be considered.
The authorities said that with about 40,000 police deployed, more than 200 of them were injured, and 875 people were arrested last Friday night. Buildings and cars were set on fire and shops looted.
While the worst violence so far has been confined to the outskirts of cities, any sign of it spreading to the centers of France’s largest cities would mark a significant escalation.
A local official said thieves had already looted stores, including the Apple Store, in the eastern city of Strasbourg on Friday. A source told Reuters that several casino stores were looted.
A Nike shoe store was broken into and several people arrested after shop windows were smashed along the adjacent shopping street, Rue de Rivoli, police said at the Châtelet-les-Halles shopping center in central Paris.
Events have been cancelled, including two nights of concerts by a French singer at the Stade de France on the outskirts of Paris. Tour de France organizers say they are ready to adapt to any situation when the race enters the country on Monday after its start in the Spanish city of Bilbao.
In the southern city of Marseille, France’s second-largest city, authorities banned demonstrations that were scheduled for Friday and encouraged restaurants to close outdoor areas early. They said public transportation would stop at 7 p.m
Macron left the EU summit in Brussels early to attend the second crisis ministerial meeting in two days. He asked social media to remove “the most sensitive footage of the riot” and to reveal the identities of users who foment violence.
For Mohamed Jacobi, who watched Nahil grow up as a child, the anger was fueled by a sense of grievance in the suburbs after incidents of police violence against ethnic minority communities, many of them from former French colonies.
“We are fed up… We are French too. We are against violence, not scum,” he said.
Macron denies that there is systemic racism within law enforcement agencies.
Flashpoint Nanterre
Videos on social media showed urban landscapes on fire. A tram was set on fire in the eastern city of Lyon and 12 buses were destroyed at a depot in Aubervilliers, north of Paris.
In Nanterre, on the outskirts of the capital, protesters set fire to cars, barricaded themselves in the streets and threw projectiles at police after a previous peaceful protest.
The Minister of Energy said that a number of employees of the Electricity Distribution Company, Endis, were injured by stones during the clashes. The Interior Ministry said 79 police stations were attacked overnight as well as 119 public buildings, including 34 municipal halls and 28 schools.
Some tourists were concerned, others supportive of the protesters.
American tourist Enzo Santo Domingo said in Paris that “racism, problems with the police and minorities is an important ongoing issue and it is important to address it.”
Some Western governments have warned citizens to be careful.
In Geneva, the UN Human Rights Office stressed the importance of peaceful assembly and urged the French authorities to ensure that the use of force by the police is non-discriminatory.
“This is a moment for the country to address the deep issues of racism and racial discrimination in law enforcement,” said spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.
The policeman who prosecutors say admitted to fatally shooting the teen in protective custody is under formal investigation for murder – the equivalent of being charged under Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions.
His lawyer, Laurent-Frank Lenard, said his client aimed at the driver’s leg, but he was in shock, causing him to shoot in the chest. “It’s clear (the officer) didn’t want to kill the driver,” Leonard said on BFM TV.
The unrest brought back memories of three weeks of riots across the country in 2005 that forced President Jacques Chirac to declare a state of emergency.
That wave of violence erupted in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois after the death of two young men who were electrocuted at an electricity substation while they were hiding from the police.
Violence has drowned out the president Emmanuel Macron In the most serious crisis of his leadership since the yellow vest protests that began in 2018.
Unrest broke out across the country, including in cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille as well as Paris where Nahl M. was shot. , a 17-year-old of Algerian and Moroccan descent, on Tuesday. Nanterre suburb.
His death, caught on video, sparked long-standing complaints among poor and racially mixed urban communities of police violence and racism.
“The coming hours will be decisive and I know I can count on your impeccable efforts,” Home Secretary Gerald Darmanin wrote to firefighters and police officers seeking to quell the unrest that broke out after dark.
He called on local authorities to stop the passage of buses and trams starting at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT) across France. The government said all options to stem the unrest would be considered.
The authorities said that with about 40,000 police deployed, more than 200 of them were injured, and 875 people were arrested last Friday night. Buildings and cars were set on fire and shops looted.
While the worst violence so far has been confined to the outskirts of cities, any sign of it spreading to the centers of France’s largest cities would mark a significant escalation.
A local official said thieves had already looted stores, including the Apple Store, in the eastern city of Strasbourg on Friday. A source told Reuters that several casino stores were looted.
A Nike shoe store was broken into and several people arrested after shop windows were smashed along the adjacent shopping street, Rue de Rivoli, police said at the Châtelet-les-Halles shopping center in central Paris.
Events have been cancelled, including two nights of concerts by a French singer at the Stade de France on the outskirts of Paris. Tour de France organizers say they are ready to adapt to any situation when the race enters the country on Monday after its start in the Spanish city of Bilbao.
In the southern city of Marseille, France’s second-largest city, authorities banned demonstrations that were scheduled for Friday and encouraged restaurants to close outdoor areas early. They said public transportation would stop at 7 p.m
Macron left the EU summit in Brussels early to attend the second crisis ministerial meeting in two days. He asked social media to remove “the most sensitive footage of the riot” and to reveal the identities of users who foment violence.
For Mohamed Jacobi, who watched Nahil grow up as a child, the anger was fueled by a sense of grievance in the suburbs after incidents of police violence against ethnic minority communities, many of them from former French colonies.
“We are fed up… We are French too. We are against violence, not scum,” he said.
Macron denies that there is systemic racism within law enforcement agencies.
Flashpoint Nanterre
Videos on social media showed urban landscapes on fire. A tram was set on fire in the eastern city of Lyon and 12 buses were destroyed at a depot in Aubervilliers, north of Paris.
In Nanterre, on the outskirts of the capital, protesters set fire to cars, barricaded themselves in the streets and threw projectiles at police after a previous peaceful protest.
The Minister of Energy said that a number of employees of the Electricity Distribution Company, Endis, were injured by stones during the clashes. The Interior Ministry said 79 police stations were attacked overnight as well as 119 public buildings, including 34 municipal halls and 28 schools.
Some tourists were concerned, others supportive of the protesters.
American tourist Enzo Santo Domingo said in Paris that “racism, problems with the police and minorities is an important ongoing issue and it is important to address it.”
Some Western governments have warned citizens to be careful.
In Geneva, the UN Human Rights Office stressed the importance of peaceful assembly and urged the French authorities to ensure that the use of force by the police is non-discriminatory.
“This is a moment for the country to address the deep issues of racism and racial discrimination in law enforcement,” said spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.
The policeman who prosecutors say admitted to fatally shooting the teen in protective custody is under formal investigation for murder – the equivalent of being charged under Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions.
His lawyer, Laurent-Frank Lenard, said his client aimed at the driver’s leg, but he was in shock, causing him to shoot in the chest. “It’s clear (the officer) didn’t want to kill the driver,” Leonard said on BFM TV.
The unrest brought back memories of three weeks of riots across the country in 2005 that forced President Jacques Chirac to declare a state of emergency.
That wave of violence erupted in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois after the death of two young men who were electrocuted at an electricity substation while they were hiding from the police.
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