Posted on 11/04/2005 5:57:48 PM PST by blam
Rioters' parents to march against Paris anarchy
By Henry Samuel in Aulnay-sous-Bois
(Filed: 05/11/2005)
Parents of the teenage rioters who have turned the housing estates of northern Paris into an urban war zone will march in silent protest this morning to demand an end to the spiralling unrest.
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a warehouse fire
As the estate dwellers and the police sent in numbers to contain the violence braced for a ninth consecutive night of anarchy, the mayor of one of the worst-hit towns sought to rally residents against the crimes of their children.
Gerard Gaudron, the mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois, 10 miles north-east of the capital, said he believed an appeal to people's republican spirit could halt the petrol bombing and clashes with riot police that is spreading across France.
"People have had enough," said Mr Gaudron. "People are afraid. It's time for this to stop." He said that parents, most of whom are poor immigrants, were determined to bring an end to the anarchy.
He appealed for them to keep their offspring at home. But that may not be easy.
Like many residents of La Cité des 3,000 - a sprawling project of battered apartment blocks in Aulnay - Madjid Zidane, 47, is exasperated by the nightly battles.
"The troublemakers are not men," he said. "Real men wouldn't behave in this way. No, these are kids under 25 - including my own."
The Algerian father-of-six surveyed a burnt-out police station at the estate entrance.
"The station was only cosmetic anyway," he said. "The police have no power against the kids around here. My 14-year-old pulled a knife on me the other day. Do you think he's afraid of them?"
More than 500 vehicles were burnt in Paris on Thursday night. Dozens more were torched in Dijon, Marseille and Rouen.
The rioting was started by youths angered over the accidental deaths of Bouna Traore, 15, and Ziad Benna, 17, while hiding from police.
Bouna Traore's brother, Siyakah, yesterday told protesters: "Calm down and stop ransacking everything. This is not how we are going to have our voices heard."
it's turning into a quagmire.
Madjid Zidane, 47, "The troublemakers are not men," he said. "Real men wouldn't behave in this way. No, these are kids under 25 - including my own."
Those kids have more guts than this twerp. If he was a real man, he would have cracked his son upside the head to put some sense into him.
Who`s your daddy?
That was my question! Deport them, and burn down the housing projects behind them.
I don't care if they are lily white Scandavians,
or full blooded gaulic French "boys" of 14. They
are Insurrectionists, and should be machine gunned
down, as they riot in the streets.
we were all kidding the other day about us staying neutral in the event of an Islamic-western Europe war, we can't stay neutral- they have nukes.
kind of a weird thing to say
"Dee Dee Dee Dijonnaise aise aise aise..."
We're building the new France!
It's worth a try.
Can we send Sheehan to march with them?
I say, skip the deporting part. As long as there are fires,,,well,,whose to say which fire got started by whom?
Too little, too late..
Well he sure as he!! isn't afraid of you, is he dad?
I have a 14 year old. I love him a lot. I'm no badass. But if he pulled a knife on me, he'd better use it, because dad is gonna apply a serious whooping on him.
Any bets on how long the protest remains silent?
The Million Burkah March.
Maybe Big Louie F'nCon could fly over, and help out.
They did, but they surrendered.
If my kid pulled a knife on me, I'd floor him on the spot, no questions asked.
I think he was in Vietnam. Does anyone know that?
Shoot the insurrevtions now...they won't be
around for the *next* set of insurrectionist
riots. These are *not* "little boys throwing
tempest in a tea pot temper tantrums.".
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