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French police, youths clash in Paris suburb
2006-10-22
French police and youths clashed in a Paris suburb on Sunday as tensions mounted ahead of the anniversary of riots last year that shocked the country and provoked renewed debate about the integration of immigrants.

A police spokesman said 30 to 50 individuals were involved in the clashes in Grigny south of Paris that started after youths set several cars on fire and torched a bus after ordering its passengers off.
Covered at Rantburg at the time
"There are still some sporadic incidents, mostly stone throwing," he said.

In a statement, the Action Police CFTC police union urged the government to deploy "a visible and large number" of riot police to discourage youths from constantly attacking patrols. In recent days police patrols in a number of towns across the country have been attacked by petrol bombs. "This latest clash marks the progressive start of a repeat of the riots of November 2005," the statement said, referring to the incident in Grigny.
Posted by:lotp

#20  WCR, you don't have to root for French. Say it's red on red. ;-)
Posted by: twobyfour   2006-10-22 19:46  

#19  One more reason for me to hate the jihadis: they've forced me to root for the French. I don't like it when I have to root for the French.
Posted by: WhiteCollarRedneck   2006-10-22 19:45  

#18  Thanks Kalle.
I wonder which "them" it refers to.
Posted by: J.D. Lux   2006-10-22 19:39  

#17  Snease Shaiting3550, it isn't that the French police are afraid, but their rules of engagement include things like, "Don't hurt the suspect's feelings" and "Do nothing to provoke the youths into criminal behaviour." The police have been put in an impossible situation.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-10-22 19:32  

#16  Lol, FOTSGreg!

Lol, Frank!

Sheesh, Day jobs are in jeopardy here...
Posted by: .com   2006-10-22 19:26  

#15  as they bump faces through her veil?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-22 19:23  

#14  please pardon the misspellings below

"Ah! The night is warm and redolent with the smell of the smoke coming off burning cars along the Champs Elysae, is it not my dear?"

"Yes, my darling."

"And the light of the fires shines in your eyes so brightly. Have a little more merlot, my dear?"

"Of course, my love."

"'Tis a pity we are not entertained by the sounds of gunfire tonight, but one cannot have everything, right my dear?"

"Of course, but the night is perfect in my eyes, love."

"Oh, Mahmoud!"

"Oh, Ahmed!"


Posted by: FOTSGreg   2006-10-22 19:22  

#13  thanks Kalle
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-22 18:52  

#12  JD the voices are heavily accented -- not regular French but Arab immigrants (most likely 2nd generation). Rough translation follows.

At the beginnig someone says "we're going to show you what happens to you if you're like them...". Someone says "inshallah". Then "ok whip them" as everybody's moving into the building.

Before the beating starts, something about how they were able to pay for expensive jewels, then "now steal their sweaters". There are some French-Arabic slang words I don't understand.

During a lull in the beating, the man filming says "start hitting again, I said hit! hit!"
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2006-10-22 18:45  

#11  If that crap happened in my neighborhood, the private guns would come out first, and the police second. French cops are afraid to pull their guns in defense of self and property, because the Islamo-Socialist state does not let cops do their protective job.

I wonder if the collective Frog brain will grasp the fact that this crap is going to repeat every year until Muslims take control of the Gallic surrender entity? Probably not.

That number of arsoned cars would have a profound effect on insurance rates. Are Frogs willing to pay this Muslim terror tax?
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550   2006-10-22 18:14  

#10  I'm just curious - I really don't know the answer. Is the "anniversary of the riots" the same as the conclusion of ramadan?

Ahh! Youth! No eatin' nuttin' for a month and then ya getcha first sugar rush!

What memories!
Posted by: Almost Anonymous5839   2006-10-22 18:04  

#9  Anyone speak French well enough to translate that video ?
5089 ? Facta ?
Do your average French Yutes normally do Ramadan ?
Where were the burning cars ?
Posted by: J.D. Lux   2006-10-22 17:12  

#8  How can this be? We were repeatedly told by the press during the Afghan war, that Ramadan was considered a "time of peace" therefore we could not attack the Taliban during the holy month of Ramadan. Clearly French members of the Religion of Peace could not possibly be rioting during Ramadan. Must be another one of those plots by the Jooooooooosss.
Posted by: DMFD   2006-10-22 17:07  

#7  I wonder if they are named Jean-Luc and Chantal, or Abdul and Mahmood?

It's hard to tell. (French yutes with nothing better to do)
Posted by: facta non verba   2006-10-22 16:58  

#6  Ah, yes, the "youths" are rioting. I wonder if they are named Jean-Luc and Chantal, or Abdul and Mahmood? (That little minx Fatima had better be at home cleaning her hijab if she knows what's good for her....)
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-10-22 15:53  

#5  Thwe police should respond with live ammo. Nothing else will stop this but some dead "youths". It's the only thing that works and will restore order. The fear of police power is something that is understood universally because it get applied sommetimes. The French "authorities" don't seem to understand this concept. The heathen youths will if they just do it.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-10-22 15:49  

#4  This now has become a daily occasion in Gay Paree, suggesting that what France is experiencing is something akin to a low intensity conflict launched from within by a Jihadist Fifth Column as well as opportunistically-inclined criminal elements.
Posted by: Lancasters Over Dresden   2006-10-22 15:28  

#3  Pretty much IIRC.
Posted by: lotp   2006-10-22 15:03  

#2  tensions mounted ahead of the anniversary of riots

I'm just curious - I really don't know the answer. Is the "anniversary of the riots" the same as the conclusion of ramadan?
Posted by: anon   2006-10-22 15:01  

#1  "French police and youths clashed in a Paris suburb on Sunday as tensions mounted ahead of the anniversary of riots last year..."

Call me crazy but I seem to remember this coinciding with something else last year. Hold on, let me check my lunar calendar...
Posted by: Flea   2006-10-22 15:01  

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