[Nervous Tick]

Police shot dead “a man”, eh?

No other description?

Wasn’t “asian” by chance, was he?

[SC Swamp Fox]

My guess would be that he was from north Africa.

[Mr. Lucky]

Just because they were "youths" from a "working class" neighborhood, you automatically assume they were Mulims.

(Of course, they were Muslims)

[PAR35]

Wasn’t “asian” by chance, was he?

That's the translation in England for the French 'youth'. Just like 'youth' has nothing to do with age, 'asian' has nothing to do with geographic origin. But we can't call Muslims what they really are, can we?

'Working class' means slums, most of whose inhabitants aren't gainfully employed at licit jobs.

[Jack Hydrazine]

“Wasn’t “asian” by chance, was he?”

Southwest Asian!

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Wasn’t “asian” by chance, was he?

Chances are no. From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_France

Algeria 1,550,000 Morocco 1,000,000 Tunisia 350,000 Turkey 315,000 Sub-Saharan Africa 250,000 Middle East 100,000 Asians 100,000 (mostly from Pakistan and Bangladesh) Converts 40,000 illegal immigrants or awaiting regularisation 350,000 Other 100,000 Total 4,155,000

[Just A Nobody]

Wasn’t “asian” by chance, was he?

Amish, I believe. Was there not a recent mass migration of the Amish to France?

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[r9etb]

Wasn’t “asian” by chance, was he?

In France, I believe youths are far more likely to be Algerian.