[DeaconBenjamin]

Residents of a housing estate in the southern French city of Marseille.... Police said no arrests were made and that there had been no violence.... Samia Ghali, who is mayor of the city’s northern 15th and 16th arrondissement

North Africans? The media would never tolerate white French behaving in such a manner.

[1rudeboy]

Never heard of Roma originating from North Africa, but I have heard the phrase, “ready, fire, aim.”

[KC_Lion]

I guess as long as it's not a French Priest with a British accent. The French are okay with it.

[Dr. Sivana]

'tweener at most. Anyway, probably "Not Guilty" by most Freeper standards, although she is a socialist.

[Boogieman]

“the Roma families, who left the site in Marseille’s 15th arrondissement (district) “without violence”, police said.”

Well, at least when the gypsies see a mob coming down the road at them, they know it’s time to move on. Probably why they are still around, after all this time. They are parasites, but they’re smart enough to find a new host before they get exterminated.

[DTogo]

...complaining of burglaries and that the Roma “had tried to enter buildings and made everything dirty”.

America has similar "Roma" problem called Washington DC (aka Mordor-on-the-Potomac).

A similar solution might be required, once attempted by the British.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

If you go to Europe to visit, you need to be vary wary of the Roma or Gypsies as they used to be called. They prey on tourists and even get little kids in on the act as they try to pick your pocket. Had this experience in Florence. Unwary tourists seem to be their favorite prey.

[Gay State Conservative]

I worked for years in a major Boston hospital and on occasion we’d have a gypsy as a patient in the ER or on one of the inpatient floors.The staff of the floor/unit involved was always alerted to such a situation as was security.A night nursing supervisor for the medical floors once told me that she once saw a group of gypsies who were camped out in a hallway while their “king” was an inpatient wheeling a brand new and very expensive EKG machine out the door.She said that as far as she knew they got away,security wasn’t fast enough.

[Jyotishi]

They should come to the US and join the Occupy people. They’ll be fine. /sarc

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[Iron Munro]

Some of that renown European tolerance Obama wants for the USA.

[GrannyAnn]

I believe they are known as the Travelers here in the US. Mostly scam artists.

[dennisw]

The Roma in France are rag-tag, poor and pathetic. In Great Britain they have become masters of scamming the system and the welfare system and have become skilled at setting up encampments that are very hard to dislodge. They set them up in Gov’t green zones. Neutral parkland. The ones in Britain are motorized with trucks, campers, trailers etc