[Cicero]

Jamey Keaten uses all the pathetic AP tricks to avoid saying what is at the root of the problem.

"Groups of youths"

"teens apparently angered by a police crackdown on drug trafficking in their neighborhood"

"very numerous small and highly mobile groups,"

"Many of the riotous youths are the French-born children of immigrant parents. The unrest has laid bare discontent simmering in suburbs and among immigrant families who feel trapped by poverty, unemployment, and poor education."

So, it's just a bunch of mistreated teens who are responsible for the riots. The word "immigrant" is used twice, buried in the middle of the story. The words "Arab," "African," and "Muslim" never appear.

All the news, all the time, that's AP.

[glennaro]

In a 12-paragraph AP story that was published in this morning's Sacramento Bee, any reference to Muslim/Arab/Ramadan/etc. does not appear until the 10th paragraph. I truly do not understand this.

[PositiveCogins]

Sounds like what may happen here if we start enforcing immigration laws and kicking the illegal aliens out. We've seen the cops here run away when a riot breaks out and we've seen them join in the looting. If our politicians, including Bush, ever grow a spine and do anything about the immigration issue in this country we will need to be ready to defend our selves because the cops, like in France, are totally worthless.