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'We are at war': French police vow to hit back after rioters steal speeding bus and smash fast car into a Lidl as funeral is held for 17-year-old shot by officer and Macron cancels Germany trip
Daily Mail ^ | 7/01/23 | Christian Oliver, Peter Allen, Miriam Kuepper

Posted on 07/02/2023 2:08:59 AM PDT by Libloather

French police have declared they are 'at war' with 'savage hordes of vermin' amid widespread rioting and looting that saw a bus stolen and a car smashed into a supermarket front.

Two police unions threatened a revolt unless Emmanuel Macron's government restored order amid protests sparked by the killing of a French-Algerian teenager by police on Tuesday - also causing the French president to cancel his trip to Germany.

'Today the police are in combat because we are at war,' a report from the unions said. 'Tomorrow we will enter resistance and the government should be aware of this.'

It comes as marauding gangs of rioters clashed with police again last night leading to 1,300 arrests. Footage showed the extreme chaos on French streets as rioters were seen speeding in a bus and smashing a car into the front of a Lidl supermarket.

The friends and family of Nahel today attended the funeral of the 17-year-old shot at point-blank range by an officer at a traffic stop earlier this week.

Looters have ransacked dozens of shops and torched 2,000 vehicles since the start of the riots, which have spread to cities such as Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Lille.

More than 200 police officers have been injured, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that the average age of those arrested was 17.

Friday night's arrests included 80 people in Marseille, home to many people of North African descent.

Social media images showed an explosion rocking the old port area of the southern city, but no casualties were reported.

A gunman yesterday also opened up on police and a weapons shop was looted.

An officer in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, described how 'gunfire started' as a patrol entered a council estate where tower blocks had been set alight in the early hours...

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: asylum; bus; civilunrest; europe; france; immigration; macron; migration; refugees; riot
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To: joma89

Pol Pot and Ho Chi Minh were both taught communism in France.


41 posted on 07/02/2023 4:57:41 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Libloather
"More than 200 police officers have been injured, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that the average age of those arrested was 17."

Teens, yutes.

42 posted on 07/02/2023 4:57:49 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Oh, the mad fools!")
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To: gundog

Angola was colonized by Portugal.


43 posted on 07/02/2023 5:00:05 AM PDT by Pamlico (Support President Trump and oppose traitors at every opportunity)
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To: Reverend Wright
Yes, there must be something lost in translation there. One might understand it as "Today we're doing our job and the government needs to do their job too. Otherwise we're throwing out the rule book tomorrow."

One kinda hopes that they do, frankly. Not that we'd get much media coverage here in the US.

44 posted on 07/02/2023 5:02:05 AM PDT by OKSooner ("Oh, the mad fools!")
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To: pepsionice

“For decades, it’s been openly discussed that French leadership is highly insulated and unable to comprehend national problems...”

It’s what you get when wealth sovereigns are running your government. This is why they should be prohibited from government and politics.


45 posted on 07/02/2023 5:07:06 AM PDT by TheDon (Resist the usurpers! Remember the J6 political prisoners!)
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To: OKSooner

> Teens, yutes. <

Many studies have shown that the children of Muslim immigrants are, in general, more radical than their parents. So this is not a problem that time will take care of.

France might well quell this particular Muslim riot. But there will be another. And then another. Etc.


46 posted on 07/02/2023 5:11:11 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Libloather

They do have antifa in France.

But Soros has flooded france with Africans - mostly Muslims.

If France doesn’t expel them from the country when violent, their future is bleak


47 posted on 07/02/2023 5:14:20 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything)
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To: buwaya; joma89

If you haven’t I invite you (and every FReeper) to read Simon Murray’s book about his five years in the French Foreign Legion in Algeria. It’s called simply _Legionaire._

You learn what it was like to go through FFL basic, go into combat with the FFL airborne, and see how thorough their training was at the start of the 60’s. Also, you’ll read about the Algerian independence effort to make the French give up Algeria, the Pied Noir (Black Feet) that tried to keep Algeria a part of France, and the mutiny of Legion airborne battalion.

I hope everyone finds the book as fascinating to read as I did!


48 posted on 07/02/2023 5:16:31 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Libloather

Looked like some antifa mixed in that crowd. Those people are professional riot accelerators.


49 posted on 07/02/2023 5:16:56 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Libloather

Unbelievable how the LSM is ignoring it all.....


50 posted on 07/02/2023 5:17:25 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: Mark17

Nah, they aren’t going to wake up. They are getting ready to house the vermin in some of their historic castles. The new World Order needs chaos and no nation states in order to take over.


51 posted on 07/02/2023 5:19:32 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Libloather

Sadly for France they elected Emmanuel Macron when they should have elected Marine Le Pen. Now they are paying the price for that mistake. Well they brought this on themselves. I hope the rest of Europe is paying attention.


52 posted on 07/02/2023 5:19:45 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: jpsb

They may very well have elected Le Pen.


53 posted on 07/02/2023 5:21:46 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Libloather

And get a load of this codswallop...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12255699/Rioters-ram-French-mayors-home-burning-car-assassination-attempt-injures-family.html

The DM is blaming the riots on discrimination and a lack of opportunity.

Okaaaaay....


54 posted on 07/02/2023 5:23:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: jpsb

> I hope the rest of Europe is paying attention. <

My guess:

Western Europe: We must do more to appease illegal Muslim immigrants.
Eastern Europe: We must do more to keep illegal Muslim immigrants out.


55 posted on 07/02/2023 5:26:38 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: mewzilla

Not likely, she lost by a pretty big margin IIRC.


56 posted on 07/02/2023 5:32:18 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: RoosterRedux

This chaos is what the WEF need to happen to create their NWO. The problem with those people is that they have no clue and did not plan for the part that their chaos could come back on them. There are just more of the masses than there are elitist demons in castles behind the gates.

Elite narcissists and intellectuals may be great at meeting and concocting plans on paper, but they have no idea how to control the unexpected repercussions that weren’t part of the plan because they rely on people that aren’t one of them to do their dirty work.


57 posted on 07/02/2023 5:35:56 AM PDT by dforest
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To: jpsb

And the POTATUS got 81 million, right?

Snort.

You do know how France counts its votes...?


58 posted on 07/02/2023 5:37:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: SMARTY

‘Macron’ is how you say Newsome in French

++++++++++++

It’s also how you say “Trudeau”. In fact these two swarmy turds remind me of each other. Since there are 3 turds in the above sentences I will be more clear. Trudeau and Macron are the more similar turds. Newsome is just, well a third turd.


59 posted on 07/02/2023 5:37:50 AM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: jpsb

BTW, I was just about to post a link to am ABC News story from a while back on how voting is done in France, but the link is now dead...

Gee, wonder why that should be...? 🤔


60 posted on 07/02/2023 5:39:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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