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Police kill armed hostage taker in Paris
2006-09-15
Police, returning fire, shot to death an armed man holding five hostages in a local post office west of Paris, officials said. The hostages were freed unharmed after their three-hour ordeal. The man, described as a 25-year-old local resident, tried to hold up the post office in Lemay, some 65 kilometers west of Paris in the Yvelines region, police said.

An official of the prefecture for the Yvelines region, Nathalie Colin, said police of the elite RAID rapid intervention force shot the man to death after he fired on them. The man, not identified by name, entered the post office at about 4 p.m, demanding money. He took five people hostage, at one point setting garbage cans on fire, police said.
Posted by:Fred

#11  And FatBoy Slims cover.
Posted by: 6   2006-09-15 14:02  

#10  Steve and Carl - check out Uncle Cecil.
Posted by: 6   2006-09-15 13:59  

#9  Well, Steve, I'm a joker.

Posted by: Carl in N.H.   2006-09-15 13:55  

#8  "when taboos collide"

LOL. Reminds me of the Larson cartoon...
Posted by: flyover   2006-09-15 13:50  

#7  Jeebus, Carl, even I had to google that song to remember those lyrics.
Posted by: Steve Miller   2006-09-15 13:44  

#6  An another msm funny dilemna is when taboos collide. This is what happening with the money-motivated or not gay-bashing of the Youths; there was three cases in a row very recently, with one death (plus an another one probably not by a Youth in rural France). Guess who won? No mention was made of the fact that each time, the skels came from the 'hood, and you could only find that... in rightwing websites... ça alors!
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-09-15 12:16  

#5  French msm golden rule : "No Name = Youth (IE north african, african or turkish up to late 30's)"
This is so evident it's almost a mockery obvious to everyone; the only time names are given, though I feel this has loosened a bit since a couple of years (?), is when the perp is named Jean-Jacques, Yves, Michel, Roger, etc, etc... you get my drift.
Ethnicity is a BIG no no; last year there was a serial rapist on the prowl (don't know what happened afterward); teevee warned the public, saying to "beware of an athletic young man with brown eyes and a baseball cap"... okay... only in english media, and in Euronews IIRC was the fact this gentleman was a black african mentioned.
And, yes, it is race and religion here; the msm takes no gloves for the eastern Europe gypsies gangs, who are named as such (french gypsies, 50% of whom have a criminal record IIRC as adult, are more sensitive, though they are named as such for the endemic construction material thefts or the organized art pillaging gangs).

I think it was "Le point", a very mainstream mag, who had a taboo-breaking article about the ethnicity of crime in France last year; supposedly, 70% of all those processed througgh the system come from the immigration; a police intelligence report which was criticized by "antiracist orgs" for taking ethnicity into account estimated that leaders of the french intifada waged in permanence by street gangs were 67% north african, 17% black african, and only 9% care "ethnic french".
An earlier (2002, I'd say) study by correction psychologists to establish the profile of gangrapists in France found that about 80% of them were either naturalized french from an african/north african background, or foreigners of the same background (survey in the Netherland has found a similar percentage, by the way IIRC).

Voilà, voilà.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-09-15 12:12  

#4  I hope this wasn't one of the local "youths". Otherwise, more cars torched and rioting for the next 3 weeks.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-09-15 11:55  

#3  'cause he speaks of the pompatus of love.
Posted by: Carl in N.H.   2006-09-15 11:39  

#2  ...though some people call him Maurice.

Posted by: Carl in N.H.   2006-09-15 11:38  

#1  a 25-year-old local resident

and they wonder why nobody buys newspapers anymore. Any bets that his nickname was Mo?
Posted by: Shush Sholuth7794   2006-09-15 09:44  

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