Posted on 01/02/2017 2:09:50 PM PST by Lorianne
Vandals in France torched 945 parked cars over New Year's Eve in an arson rampage that has become a sinister annual "tradition" and amid a row over whether the government had sought to play down the figures.
According to the French interior ministry, the total of 945, which included cars that were either "totally destroyed" or "more lightly affected", amounted to a 17 per cent rise compared to last year.
Despite this, New Year's Eve "went off without any major incident", the interior ministry insisted in a statement, adding that there were only "a few troubles with public order",
In fact, police arrested 454 people over the night, 301 of whom were taken into custody.
On Sunday, the ministry had chosen to release a much lower figure of 650 cars torched, as this only indicated the number of vehicles "set on fire" and not those engulfed in the ensuing flames.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
These guys could work for CNN.
It’s not theres and the French government is weak and they can get away with it. So, why not? They want the cops to stay ou of their neighborhoods and the French are giving them what they want.
I have friends outside Mulhouse. A young muslim still her radio and her father and husband chased him down and caught him. The court let him go free because he was unemployed and his being a thief was understandable.
Yep - when you think that having ONLY 1000 cars torched is considered “not that bad” - you might be suffering from Stockholm syndrome...
It smells like... Victory!
stole her car radio
If they would only provide enough cars to torch, France would be perfectly peaceful.
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