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| French mayors hold anti-riot rallies as violence over teen’s police slaying eases |
| 2023-07-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] Authorities battle nightly looting, rioting for almost a week since 17-year-old killed by officer during a traffic stop, rekindling long-standing accusations of systemic racism Mayors across La Belle France held rallies Monday calling for an end to The government has battled riots and looting since 17-year-old Nahel M. ..more fully Nahel Merzouk, the precocious known wolf who already had a rap sheet as long as your arm, dear Reader.... was killed by an officer during a traffic stop on Tuesday, rekindling long-standing accusations of systemic racism among security forces.Monday’s demonstrations calling for a "return to republican order" came after the home of the mayor of a Gay Paree suburb was rammed by a burning car, prompting widespread outrage. "Democracy itself has been attacked... this can’t continue and it won’t," said Vincent Jeanbrun, the conservative mayor of L’Hay-les-Roses, whose home was attacked early Sunday. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the deployment of 45,000 police and gendarmes would be maintained on Monday and Tuesday nights. "The priority is to ensure the return to order," she announced. President Emmanuel Macron visited a police barracks in the capital’s 17th Arrondissement on Monday night, "assuring them of his support" in his first outings on the scene since the protests erupted, a source in his office said. Authorities reported a sharp decline in incidents nationwide, with just 11 arrests in Gay Paree and its suburbs as of 10:00 pm (2000 GMT), the police department said. A total of 157 people had been arrested overnight Sunday to Monday — a small fraction of the number held the night before. Three coppers were also hurt. Some 3,900 people have been arrested since Friday, including 1,244 minors, the justice ministry said. "The nights have been tough for residents since Tuesday," when Nahel was killed, said Patrick Jarry, the mayor of Nanterre just west of Gay Paree where the teen of Algerian origin lived. "The string of All bus and tram services in the Gay Paree region remain suspended from 9 pm (1900 GMT). But, in a move which could spark fresh anger, a collection for the family of the policeman who fired the fatal shot — now charged with voluntary manslaughter — topped one million euros ($1.1 million). Politicians from the ruling centrist party condemned the collection — organized by a far-right figure — as "indecent" and dangerous. Al Ahram adds: In all, 99 town halls have been attacked in the violence, the Interior Ministry said, including a weekend attempt to ram the home of one mayor with an explosives-laden car.Across France, 34 buildings, many of them linked to the government, were attacked from Sunday into Monday, along with 297 vehicles. Related: France: 2023-07-03 Arrests in Switzerland after violence inspired by French riots France: 2023-07-03 Good Morning France: 2023-07-03 France faces 5th night of rioting over teen's killing amid signs of subsiding violence Related: Nahel: 2023-07-03 France faces 5th night of rioting over teen's killing amid signs of subsiding violence Nahel: 2023-07-03 Race rioters ram car into mayor's home in Paris suburb, injuring wife and child, then set house on fire Nahel: 2023-07-02 Hundreds of mosque going Military Aged Males (MAMS) say goodbye to French teen killed by police |
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