Riots sweep Greece after police shoot boy dead

Reuters/Yahoo ^ | 12/07/2008 | Daniel Flynn and Renee Maltezou

[fishhound]

The rioting began in Athens late on Saturday soon after the shooting in the central Exarchia district, where youths threw petrol bombs at police, burnt dozens of cars and smashed shop windows. It quickly spread to Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki and other towns in northern Greece.

Cities on the holiday islands of Crete and Corfu also saw protests at the shooting, which prompted Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos to offer his resignation. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose fragile government has been rocked by a series of scandals, rejected it, a ministry spokeswoman said.

[BenLurkin]

Commies looking for an excuse.

[LukeL]

Riots are nothing more then an excuse to be destructive. Other countries need to take the advice of the Korean shop owners in LA and defend their property with deadly force.

[aynrandfreak]

The officers said their patrol car had been attacked by 30 youths throwing stones and other objects. When they attempted to arrest the youths, they were attacked again and one of the officers fired three shots, killing the boy, the statement said.

Gee, maybe you shouldn't attack policemen. Hmm, stone-throwing 'youths'. I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask for the religion of the 'victim'

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET from the link in post no. 1:

"A group calling itself the United Anti-Capitalist Left called a march for Monday in Athens against the killing. Karamanlis's centre-right government, which holds a slender one-seat majority in parliament, has faced a series of protests from unions and students.

In recent months, the Socialist opposition has taken the lead in opinion polls amid anger at public scandals and the government's handling of the economy."

[deannadurbin]

This is very sad. Greece would sink into nothingness if it weren’t for tourism. Anything like this unrest will cut into that and hurt them economically.

[fishhound]

I thought there might be an ROP connection.

[fishhound]

They should consult with the French.

[fishhound]

Thats what I was thinking.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Sharpton’s probably looking up on a map to see where the city of Greece is and getting ready to book tickets there.

[Mount Athos]

In this case the odds are very high that the religion of the perps is “communist”

[TheWasteLand]

Geez, Greece sounds like the kinda place that would sentence you to death by forcing you to drink hemlock.

[atomic conspiracy]

Niven’s law:
Never throw s**t at an armed man.

1st corrollary to Niven’s law:
Never stand next to someone who is throwing *h*t at an armed man

[blueplum]

I wonder, what the cause of said youths being armed with Molotov's and stones to begin with? something's fishy about this

[MaxMax]

[SECURE AMERICA]

Okay. Read the article and I am wondering WHY poeple are riotong other then they have an excuse too do so and why the Police were arrested for shooting a criminal before an complete investigation.
Boy Shot Dead is the headline. Why not idiot that attacked Police Cars shot dead?

[dljordan]

“Gee, maybe you shouldn’t attack policemen. Hmm, stone-throwing ‘youths’. I’m gonna have to go ahead and ask for the religion of the ‘victim’ “

Greek Orthodox maybe?

[brytlea]

I would fully expect to get shot if I attacked a policeman. Or anyone with a gun.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I suspect there’s an opportunity for a law and order candidate, who’ll stand up for the cops and stand up against rioters and communists.

[brytlea]

Words to live by!