Update (1545ET):
There are reports of “Tactical units driving through the streets of Marseille.”
What the Twitter user is saying above lines up with France 24’s report:
Maybe this is why France needs military vehicles on the streets of Paris.
Is France a third-world country?
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Update (1235ET):
President Emmanuel Macron’s government struggles to contain social unrest across the country.
French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said overnight chaos has resulted in 2,000 cars burned, 500 buildings damaged, hundreds of businesses looted, and violent clashes with police. He said over 800 people were arrested, with nearly 250 officers injured.
Earlier, Macron blamed social media for fueling ‘copycat violence,’ and said state agencies would ask Twitter, Snapchat, and Tiktok to ban the most “sensitive content.”
Riots and vandalism continued throughout the day Friday. Darmanin said buses and trams would be shut down by 9 pm local time nationwide to suppress the overnight unrest.
Here are more scenes of the chaos:
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The police killing of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop on Tuesday has unleashed three consecutive days of social unrest across France.
Bloomberg reports more than 600 people were arrested Thursday night into Friday, with a majority of them between the ages of 14 and 18.
Rioters targeted municipal buildings, town halls, and libraries in various major cities, stores were looted, and all hell broke out nationwide as the government deployed 40,000 police officers yesterday afternoon to quell the violence. About 200 officers were injured overnight in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, where the teen was killed.
The unrest is so bad that President Emmanuel Macron left an EU summit in Brussels, where he will hold another emergency security meeting Friday, AFP reported, citing his office.
Video and pictures on social media of the rioting are absolutely shocking.
If Macron wants to get a grip on the violence, he might have to declare an emergency. Fox News said the president has been close to announcing one but has stopped short.
“Nothing justifies the violence that’s occurred,” said Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne.
Borne is correct. Looting stores and burning buildings isn’t a typical response for those grieving over the death of a young man killed by police. France is supposedly a first-world country with a law and judicial system that will ensure justice will be served.
We must ask critical questions, perhaps some that will trigger mainstream journos, of who exactly is sparking these riots. If it’s organized crime gangs, migrants, or just teenagers.
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I mean even one thing, they riot lol That's the spirit lol And of course, people all they can say lol Is ohh they breaking shit, they so baaddd lol Yea it ain't gonna be YOU halting the NWOs progress lol Okay, I mean you people would literally dance in the street naked if they told you to lol To not be "unruly."
You'd HAND your kids over to be raped by priests, if they told you to lol To not cause 'unrest', in France they'd RIOT lol That's the SPIRIT lol That's what's gonna stop the NWO.
I mean THAT'S THE SPIRIT lol That's gonna stop these frickin people lol The NWO does even one thing, RIOT lol I mean that's what it's gonna take, it seems. Unlike here, where they can pass a law to make people dance in the street butt naked everyday at noon, and people would do it lol
Like in the 60s, the million man march on Washington, they all singing, we will overcomeee, some dayyy lol And what happened, NOTHING lol Police, courts, government, the system, kept on oppressing and killing black folks.
It's only when they finally had enough, and started rioting, did they finally pass the Civil Rights act lol Sadly, change rarely comes without some ruckus.
or something like 'never let a catastrophe go to waste' and who armed the kids, who are mainly from beyond impoverished areas of northern Africa, with ak 47s? So lets line up and get shot , men, women , and children and let the white satanic communists (who will be the masters) and the abject poor 'colours' ( who will be the slaves) have it all -peace at last-you win-good bye forever
Yea THAT'S THE SPIRIT, that's gonna stop these people lol From stamping their boot on humanitys face forever. These corrupt goons in the police who just serve the NWO, and abuse the public at will, this is what HAPPENS lol And you have no one but yourself to blame.
And don't whine lol You folks accept literally anything, a cop can shove his baton right up your ASS, and you'd be like, well I guess that's how it goes lol Not everyone is that way, people tired of corrupt police, corrupt system, and they letting everyone know lol Good.