Any police department that sends out a Renault Modus to restore order is cruising for a bruising.
Posted on 11/27/2007 2:07:48 AM PST by Sub-Driver
77 Police Officers Hurt in Paris Riots AP By NICOLAS GARRIGA,Associated Press Writer AP - 38 minutes ago
VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - Rampaging youths rioted overnight in Paris' suburbs, hurling Molotov cocktails and setting fire to dozens of cars. At least 77 officers were injured and officers were fired at, a senior police union official said Tuesday.
The violence was more intense than during three weeks of rioting in 2005, said the official, Patrice Ribeiro. Police were shot at and are facing "genuine urban guerillas with conventional weapons and hunting weapons," Ribeiro said.
Some officers were hit by shotgun pellets, Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said. She said there were six serious injuries, "people who notably were struck in the face and close to the eyes."
The riots were triggered by the deaths of two teens killed in a crash with a police patrol car on Sunday in Villiers-le-Bel, a town of public housing blocks home to a mix of Arab, black and white residents in Paris' northern suburbs.
Residents claimed that officers left the crash scene without helping the teens, whose motorbike collided with the car. Officials cast doubt on the claim, but the internal police oversight agency was investigating.
Youths first rioted Sunday and again overnight Monday to Tuesday, when the violence apparently got worse.
Police barricades were set on fire and youths threw stones and Molotov cocktails at officers, who retaliated with tear gas and rubber bullets. In Villiers-le-Bel and surrounding areas, youths set fire to 36 vehicles, the area's prefecture said.
Youths were seen firing buckshot at police and reporters. A police union official said a round from a hunting rifle pierced the body armor of one officer who suffered a serious shoulder wound.
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As I suspected... thanks for the pics of evil attacking France!
LLS
Better leave out babelfish's traslation of the rest because it sounds racist.
That is what it is going to come down to unless they exile these brats. Can't the parents control their children? I thought only Americans had that problem.
I don't think this is a mistake..I believe it is just more evidence of marxist manipulation together with extremist influences to create chaos in the West.
OK... This isn't fun anymore...
Air France should run an ad campaign, "See Europe before it's too late...". They would probably sell a lot of tickets.
Any police department that sends out a Renault Modus to restore order is cruising for a bruising.
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