France is burning

[Batman]

A few days ago, an Algerian teenager was killed by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. It's quickly turned into France's version of the summer of 2020, with violent protests — more like riots — in dozens of cities across the country. Lots of looting and street violence, with videos floating around of stuff burning.
Macron is trying to limit social media posts, public transportation is shutting down early, and it seems like a general shirt show.
Of course, it's France and they riot over having to wait an extra five minutes for coffee so it could be that this is just Friday.

Youths clash with French police and loot stores in fourth day of riots triggered by fatal police shooting

Protests are sweeping France. Here's what you need to know | CNN

 

[Twirling Time]

Paris suburbs aren't what we in North America consider "suburbs" — they are mostly blocks and blocks of high-rise apartments where low-income people are housed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banlieue

 

[justgladtobehere]

Also, this isn't the first time there has been widespread rioting around this subject, so the comparison with 2020 is inaccurate. 2005 is an example.

 

[goalmouth]

"France is burning"

"Fans tuned into the start of the Tour de France cycling race in neighboring Spain; Marseille hosted a championship in pétanque — a game involving rolling metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden or plastic one; and families who could afford it headed for summer vacation. In the capital, tourists thronged to the Eiffel Tower, where workers set up a nearby clock counting down to next year's Paris Olympics."

 

[wicked]

A few days ago, an Algerian teenager was killed by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. It's quickly turned into France's version of the summer of 2020, with violent protests — more like riots — in dozens of cities across the country. Lots of looting and street violence, with videos floating around of stuff burning.
Macron is trying to limit social media posts, public transportation is shutting down early, and it seems like a general shirt show.
Of course, it's France and they riot over having to wait an extra five minutes for coffee so it could be that this is just Friday.

Youths clash with French police and loot stores in fourth day of riots triggered by fatal police shooting

Protests are sweeping France. Here's what you need to know | CNN

Where were these "violent protests" in the U.S.?

 

[Batman]

"France is burning"

"Fans tuned into the start of the Tour de France cycling race in neighboring Spain; Marseille hosted a championship in pétanque — a game involving rolling metal balls as close as possible to a small wooden or plastic one; and families who could afford it headed for summer vacation. In the capital, tourists thronged to the Eiffel Tower, where workers set up a nearby clock counting down to next year's Paris Olympics."

Life goes on, I guess.

Paris riots: Suburban mayor's wife hurt as rioters attack their home

Attackers in France tried to set fire to the home of a suburban Paris mayor's home overnight and fired rockets at the official's fleeing wife and children.
The incident has caused widespread shock and is being treated as attempted murder. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne described it as intolerable.
Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun was not at home, but his wife suffered a broken leg and a child was also hurt.

 

[wicked]

Paris suburbs aren't what we in North America consider "suburbs" — they are mostly blocks and blocks of high-rise apartments where low-income people are housed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banlieue

It's what U.S. cities are becoming — playgrounds for the double income no kids crowd. I'm seeing it around here, too, except our suburbs are very car-centric so it'd be hard to mobilize violence to this extent. If you see mass protests like these it'd be in the outer ring cities (close enough to be within commuting distance of the city and with the population density from being old mill towns, etc.).

 

[Batman]

Where were these "violent protests" in the U.S.?

I mean, I suppose the ones in New York, Philadelphia and Minneapolis were technically in the spring. And the ones that resulted in only a few blocks, police stations and businesses being burned were "mostly peaceful." And the people in Seattle who tried to secede from the U.S. and form the CHAZ/CHOP Zone certainly meant no harm. And Portland's 100+ days of nightly riots were surely just a block party that was subject to gross disinformation tactics.

 

[Hermes]

"But what about Paris?"

 

[Azrael]

Muslim kid shot to death by a frightened cop in a banlieue? In French banlieues, distrust of police runs deep

Worth mentioning the long, violent, sordid history of the french in Algeria, which has something to do with this, too.

Algeria - French Rule, Colonization, and Occupation in Algeria

Let's not forget that 'riot police' are often the ones who most enjoy cracking heads.

I wish them all peace. I wish them all well.

 

[Azrael]

Muslim kid shot to death by a frightened cop in a banlieue? In French banlieues, distrust of police runs deep

Worth mentioning the long, violent, sordid history of the french in Algeria, which has something to do with this, too.

Algeria - French Rule, Colonization, and Occupation in Algeria

Let's not forget that 'riot police' are often the ones who most enjoy cracking heads.

I wish them all peace. I wish them all well.

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

 

[Liut]

Muslim kid shot to death by a frightened cop in a banlieue? In French banlieues, distrust of police runs deep

Worth mentioning the long, violent, sordid history of the french in Algeria, which has something to do with this, too.

Algeria - French Rule, Colonization, and Occupation in Algeria

Let's not forget that 'riot police' are often the ones who most enjoy cracking heads.

I wish them all peace. I wish them all well.

First thought was "The Day of the Jackal." Terrific flick.