Posted on 10/05/2007 10:34:44 AM PDT by Republicain
Saint-Dizier, France - French police clashed overnight with youths who went on a rampage in a town in eastern France, prompting Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie to travel to the trouble spot.
Between 40 and 50 masked youths used metal bars to smash a firefighters' vehicle and a police car dispatched to a shopping mall in Saint-Dizier, said Yves Guillot, the head of the Haute-Marne regional government.
The youths then fanned out across the town of 30 000 inhabitants, setting fire to two buildings, a car rental office and 16 vehicles. Police reinforcements were sent in to quell the violence.
"We are trying to understand what happened. We have had clashes in our town but not on this scale," said Mayor Francois Cornut-Gentille.
The youths are said to be residents of Saint-Dizier's low-income housing project, Vert-bois, which is home to 12 000 people.
Alliot-Marie was due to travel to Saint-Dizier, some 200km east of Paris, after police and fire emergency authorities were targeted in the violence, her office said.
Hundreds of suburbs across France exploded into rioting for three weeks in late 2005, highlighting the nation's failure to integrate its Arab and African immigrants.
It is well known, has been for centuries, that if you shoot rioters they will stop rioting.
Too bad you didn’t get to stay longer. You could have thrown some bricks and rocks at “The Man” and burned your rental car! (sarcasm lamp is lit)
How many in this country would shoot a masked person setting fire to their house or car? I know I would.
Carolyn
If faut nettoyer au Kärcher.
“It says “Arabic and African.””
That was referring to the last riots...not these.
I live in GAYsachusetts, we are NOT allowed to defend ourselves.....seriously, we are NOT. If someone comes on my property trying to rob or whatever and I shoot or assault in anyway, I GO TO JAIL, not the robber, in fact that idiot can sue me for shooting/assaulting him......think about that my FRiend,,,,,,,liberalism is a mental disorder and I’m right in the middle of it.......keep in mind gigilo and the swimmer are my senators, there is a convicted felon (former speaker of the house)doing a morning drive talk show, police are corrupt, the legislature is corrupt, two firefighters who died in a fire during the summer were found with drugs and alcohol in their systems after the autopsies were done, ungh, I’m getting ill.................lol!
Whaaaaa?
I think you need to move to Texas or some other state that respects your rights.
Carolyn
Sarko’s comment that basically says France needs to clean the affected areas “au Karcher” which is a company that uses high pressure water and steam. IOW, clean out the scum.
The grape should ideally be delivered by gunnery capable of spewing forth ~~streams~~ of "crowd-control discipline" with a single activation the firing mechanism.
(I do not share your admirably modest reluctance "to tell other countries how to handle their internal affairs." LOL)
the yoot to mr. white shirt’s left look like he has some grey in his beard.
since i cant use profanity here i’ll save it for the letter im about to write.
High pressure hoses and scum. They go together like Hippie and Stink!
Oh, those irrepressible youths.
freemasons?
Then you might see things like this there. You wont see it in Arizona (except maybe for the first attempt, before they see what happens to them).
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