"What? John Francois Kerry hasn't teamed up with Black Jack Chirac to put a stop to the violence yet?"
In an attempt to help the French, Kerry has pronounced the riots to be a "nuisance".
Wow, strong words. Now waiting for him to demand a UN resolution condemning "nuisances" and promising even stronger language still if they don't straighten up and act right.
White ensign
[ I had to put a non-existant border around it to make it show up... AFPhys ]
This flag is shown on Danckert's flag chart [ca.1700] [dan05], as #82, labelled 'Franse Witte Vlag' - French white flag.
... Anyway, Dauphin Charles had to find an emblem of his own. In 1422, when Charles VI died, he became Charles VII, adopted a white cross as emblem and a white flag as banner. Joan of Arc's famous banner was white with religious figures embroidered on it. Thereafter the three parties to the civil wars of 1420-36 are distinguished by the cross: white for the French, red for the English and red saltire for the Burgundians.
The white flag itself was the flag of commanding officers, such as colonel generals, and later colonels. In particular, it was the flag of the kKing when he was with the troops. ......
French [flag with fleur-de-lis shown here. The fleur-de-lis were optional]
Perhaps this all 'splains itself...
No wonder the frogs have such trouble with things like VICTORY ... It's buried more deeply in their psyches than I realized.
Could it be the police were just cleaning the weapons and a misfire happened? NOT!