Riots Rock Paris

[ViVincent]

Ok so someone mentioned this in my English class the other day and i didn't think much of it. But then i saw a new article about it. I have yet to see anything on the news about it though. Too busy talking about college drinking i guess? But yah This is some insane stuff going on. It reminded me alot of the LA riots. Soo i know we have some members over the pond, what are you guys hearing? I would like to know what exactly is going on with the rioting.

[Primus Inter Pares]

French rioters open fire on police, 10 hurt
06 Nov 2005 22:13:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds detail, background)

GRIGNY, France, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Rioters fired shots at police in an 11th night of riots in France on Sunday, injuring 10 policemen, two of them seriously, police said.

Some 200 youths were lobbing stones and other objects at police in Grigny, south of Paris, a police spokesman said, adding that some of the rioters had fired at officers with shotguns, hitting 10 policemen.

Two officers were being treated in hospital, one with lead shot wounds to the throat, the other with wounds to a leg.

Asked whether the rioters could have killed someone, the spokesman said: "Probably not at this distance, but they could have caused bad injuries, or turn one of the officers blind."

The fresh violence came just hours after President Jacques Chirac vowed to restore order, making his first public comments since the riots started in Paris's poor suburbs on Oct. 27.

"The Republic is quite determined, by definition, to be stronger than those who want to sow violence or fear," Chirac said after a domestic security council met to respond to the violence in which thousands of cars have gone up in flames.

"The law must have the last word," Chirac said.

Rioting began with the accidental electrocution of two youths apparently fleeing police. Their deaths ignited frustration among ethnic minorities over racism, unemployment, police treatment and their marginal place in French society.

The riots have spread from Paris's bleak suburbs to other French cities. Towns such as Toulouse, Nantes and Strasbourg were hit by violence on Sunday.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06745615.htm

That's the latest news out of France currently.

[Shlup]

http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1385006#post1385006

[Primus Inter Pares]

Just noticed that, this thread is older though...

[Shlup]

I shluppose it is. >_>

Either way I have no idea what everyone's talking about. I guess American media doesn't much care for the Frenchies. xD

Not that I watch the news anyway. I dislike the media.

[Primus Inter Pares]

I didn't catch on to this one until a couple of days ago when I first turned on my TV again for the first time in the month pretty much. I used to care about the news, but now doing nothing whatsoever has so much more appeal.

[Meat Puppet]

I've rocked Paris. Who hasn't? I guess it's just good to see that you care.

[Rydia of Mist]

As mentioned in the EoEO thread, I'm just worried about Thierry. :( *fidget* He hasn't been able to work for a week because of what's going on.

[ThroneofDravaris]

WTF?! Since when do French people get angry?!

[eestlinc]

http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1385006#post1385006
yea lets just stick with that one.

[crono_logical]

Yeah, we don't need thread riots rocking EoFF too :monster:


EDIT: updated link to save you going to another closed thread first :p :

http://forums.eyesonff.com/showthread.php?t=73143