Posted on 10/04/2006 6:20:31 AM PDT by Republicain
LES MUREAUX, France, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - Local people reacted with fury Wednesday after French police raided a poor housing project in the western Paris outskirts in search of youths who attacked a police car on Sunday.
The dawn raid on the "Cite des Musiciens" estate in Les Mureaux -- a high-immigration area which was a hot-spot in last November's riots -- led to just one arrest.
It followed clashes with scores of youths on Sunday evening in which seven police were hurt after they tried to arrest a man for a traffic offence. A police car was burned out, and a stun-gun and radios were stolen.
Families complained that police used excessive force to break into apartments. In some, furniture had been overturned and shelves swept clear.
"About 20 officers burst into the flat. They kicked me and my brother to make us lie on the floor. They bashed my head on the ground like I was a piece of shit," said Adama, 17.
"For them we are just a family of blacks and Arabs. They treat us like animals," said his sister Workya.
Francois Garay, Les Mureaux's left-wing mayor, expressed indignation that he had not been informed of the raid -- even though many journalists were tipped off and witnessed events.
"The police react with these aggressive tactics and afterwards it's the people on the ground who have to pick up the pieces," he said.
"I have asked mediators to go out and pass the message to the youth: one year after the 'events', don't fall into the trap," he said.
Wednesday's raid follows a similar high-profile operation a week ago in the southern suburb of Corbeil-Essonnes to make arrests after police officers were attacked several days previously.
With the anniversary approaching of last year's riots, there have been growing warnings of the risks of a new explosion in France's deprived "banlieues".
The right-wing daily Le Figaro on Wednesday quoted interior ministry figures showing that 2,458 police officers were injured in the first six months of the year -- a big increase on 2005 -- and said tensions between police and youths have sharply deteriorated.
"The situation has clearly not changed since the autumn of 2005," sociologist Sebastian Roche told the newspaper. "There is the same logic of confrontation ... One can even say that the level of hostility has escalated."
In a letter leaked to the press last month, the prefect of the Seine-Saint-Denis department in the Paris suburbs -- starting point of the 2005 riots -- warned of worsening crime, low police morale and incitement by Islamic radicals.
"Youths" will be "youths".
Um, Muslims are in one of two states, rioting or pre-rioting. I think this one was like a mini riot.
It's insane.
If the shoe fits Adama!
"youts will be youts"
I have o wonder - How far can the French be pushed? How many riots, killings, rapes, etc? WHat will it take until they finally begin fighting back? Cause lemme tell you, come into my neighborhod and burn my car and you're going to get a slug in your head.
Could this be the run-up to the annual Muzzie car-b-que season?
I'd sure hate to be an insurance agent in France.
"For them we are just a family of blacks and Arabs. They treat us like animals," said his sister Workya.
Nah....... this is waaaaaaay to easy :-)
Yet even in their pre-rioting state, they are always "outraged" about some perceived injustice by the infidels. I am tired of Islam.
Essentially, the problem is that the state and the culture of France are not designed to deal with this problem, because the problem denies everything that the French hold dear.
The North African culture will continue to absorb and subvert France, up until such point at institutionalized Sharia has weakened the French government to the point that they can't govern the country. The don't have far to go, since the French government is already weakened by political correctness and entrenched socialist interests.
This makes it ripe for subversion, and Sharia is making rapid gains. Once these two competing systems reach a level of parity, France is doomed, unless the French overthrow both while they are weakened.
The socialist mindset will prevent Sharia from being attacked directly, it will merely delay it. If socialism is not broken, then Sharia will absorb it, and win in overtime. If Sharia is not broken, than French culture and society will be assimilated.
LOL!!!
Although a work of fiction, it is required reading for any one who is curious as to the lack of spine the French show when it comes to protecting their culture and their nation. Also, it's a warning to the West overall.
When I read it about 6 years ago my thought was "whew, this book is a hate crime!", due to it's brutally accurate depiction of both the human waves of angry non-europeans who invade France en masse, and the liberal apologists who welcome them (and the death of their nation) in the name of diversity
"Camp of the Saints" author is Jean Raspail. And this book worth to be read.
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