Paris riots follow Sarkozy victory

The Age ^ | May 7, 2007

[Clintonfatigued]

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, an AFP journalist said.

The clashes took place on the Place de la Bastille where about 5,000 supporters of the defeated Socialist candidate Segolene Royal had gone to await the election results.

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 Sarkozy in the square before tearing it limb from limb and then stamping on it.

[xc1427]

Ah, yes. There’s nothing like the smell of a riot in the morning.

[popdonnelly]

Now Sarkozy is a “right-winger”. I thought he was only a little more conservative than Chirac.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

ROFLMAO!

Well done!

[Ocracoke Island]

Yes, she is.

The only thing the Communists (oops - Socialists) had going for them was that their candidate was not terribly ugly this time.

[Bush gal in LA]

I think Cherac even gave in to the thugs the last time they rioted about something......... Here in Los Angeles when you riot and throw frozen urine at the cops you get to sue THE CITY FOR HARRASMENT and probably get a million dollar pay off and never have to work again. INCREDIBLE!

[moose2004]

“The clashes took place on the Place de la Bastille where about 5,000 supporters of the defeated Socialist candidate Segolene Royal had gone to await the election results.”

Typical, liberals lose and they blame everyone else for their own failures, pathetic.

[BobS]

Laws are different over there. Spanish judges threw a whole bunch of people out of there after Barcelona got wrecked by Pink Floyd. Those Spanish people were very mad at the destruction there.

Persona non grata is a legal term and the French can use it to throw those people out of there too.

[clintonh8r]

Rioting leftist losers. What a surprise!

[sionnsar]

She's in France and her sign is in Englisch?

[LibFreeOrDie]

Remember those photos of Kerry-ites weeping after he lost the election? Deja-vu!

[sionnsar]

Oh. Oof!

[eleni121]

SO the Morlocks have ascended from the depths...they sure hate living in France...they keep trashing it...how about a one way ticket back to wherever it is they came from?

[dead]

[xc1427]

...there’s nothing in the world like “pediatary” chiropractic work, is there?

[RDTF]

That guy on the right is really creepy

[bray]

Now that is funny! He will be miming a box very shortly.

Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters

[diverteach]

I wonder if these are the same “youths” the PC French MSM call “muslims”?

[newzjunkey]

What a joke. Absolutely shameless and shameful!

[Cinnamon]

it’s only 300 punks/islamic ‘youths’/reef raft/punks

[mc5cents]

That’s a MOTORCYCLE on fire! They’ve gone too far!

Naaa. It ain't a Harley so who cares.