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.

[Clintonfatigued]

One can only hope that they will die down quickly.

[3AngelaD]

A whole bunch of “youths” who are unclear on the concept when it comes to democracy. I hope Sarko writes some new rules and sticks it to them.

[technomage]

Typical socialist liberal reaction. Don’t like the vote, riot. Don’t like the law, ignore it. Don’t like the speech, ban it.

[Clintonfatigued]

I couldn’t help but notice, you have a great tagline.

[ApplegateRanch]

One can only hope that they will die down quickly.

[3AngelaD]

Thank you. I thought about making it a bumper sticker, but where I live, I would be killed.

[cripplecreek]

Your tag ain’t so bad either.

[Norman Bates]

Royal encouraged this.

[PAR35]

One can only hope that they will die down quickly.

Not before the government has a chance to show them the error of their ways.

[wildcatf4f3]

One can only hope that they will die down quickly

a machine gun would help this to happen

and do us all a favor

[monkapotamus]

[GoBucks2002]

Notice how no one throws a riot when the left wins. I wonder why that is. (sarc)

[meyer]

The French version of Sore-Loserman. Got to love it - the crybaby liberals throw a temper tantrum every time they don’t get their way, and the wimps on the “right” (or what they call the right) refuse to respond in force.

[SkyPilot]

Look at them! Pathetic.

The Socialist Libs are soooooo upset. They might have to work more than 35 hours a week now, and they might even lose that 7 weeks of paid vacation a year!

[Clintonfatigued]

“Notice how no one throws a riot when the left wins. I wonder why that is. (sarc)”

Very good observation.

[razorback-bert]

What is the over/under on burned cars this riot?

[Parody]

Little Green Footballs is reporting 34 cars torched. That sure didn't take long!

[Drango]

yawnnnnnnnnnn 300 people isn’t a riot.

[Clintonfatigued]

That is awful. As bad as Gore and his supporters behaved in 2000, they never resorted to that.