Police battle anti-Sarkozy protesters

Daily Telegraph ^ | May 6, 2007

[West Coast Conservative]

RIOT police fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters gathered in central Paris today to demonstrate against the presidential election victory of right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy.

The clashes took place on the Place de la Bastille where about 5000 supporters of the defeated Socialist candidate Segolene Royal had gone to await the election results, an AFP journalist said.

Up to 300 rioters, some of whom were masked, made running attacks on riot police who took up positions at the entrance to boulevards leading onto the square.

Earlier a small crowd of protesters, brandishing black and red anarchist flags, set fire to an effigy of Mr Sarkozy in the square before tearing it limb from limb and then stamping on it.

[Veloxherc]

I swear I read something while I was over in the UK that said that 100 cars get torched on a “normal” night in Paris. Insurance premiums over there must be insanely high.

If we ever get to see a true number my vote is 3500-4000 over 3 or 4 days.

[SunkenCiv]

[virtual tickertape parade]

[Islander7]

"....That didn’t take long..."

I have been waiting for this. Wonder if Royal could be charged with inciting riot? After all, it was her supporters and her 'warning' to 'vote for me or else'.

[El Gato]

OK... I’ll say 333.3333333333333333333333... (ad infinitum) I chose this number because, based on who will be burning the cars, it is almost certain that an irrational number of cars will be burned.

Sorry Navy Guy, that is not an irrational number. It's the ratio of the integer 1000 to the intger 3, making it a rational number.

An irrational number cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers and when expressed in decimal form, the infinite sequence does not repeat.

AF Guy.

[navyguy]

Yep.... I realized that about a minute after I posted it! But, you know what I meant.