BBC NEWS | Europe | Further rioting in Paris suburb
French youths have been battling police for a second night in a suburb of Paris where two teenagers died after their motorcycle collided with a police car. Up to 30 police officers are said to have been injured in the clashes.
Earlier in the day, a state prosecutor ordered a manslaughter inquiry into the deaths of the two teenagers in Villiers-le-Bel.
Local youths blame police for the deaths but police say the two teenagers were speeding and not wearing helmets…The motorcycle was going at its full speed, it was not registered for street use, the two teenagers were not wearing helmets and they ignored traffic rules, police officials said. The police car was on a routine patrol and the teenagers were not being chased by police at the time of the accident, officials said.
The prosecutor who has ordered the investigation, Marie-Therese de Givry, told LCI television that the teenagers had turned into the path of the police car.
Yet again, France shows the civilized world how to behave.
I hate the French.
John,
Re: the new look
Please center the content on the page. Skewing left as it does now is quite irritiating.
Could you please choose a font for the quoted portions of text that is easier on the eyes? The current one is so bold/dark/hard to read.
Thank you
#1,
How enlightened of you to judge an entire country based on the actions of a few. Would you judge the British based on what soccer hooligans do or all Americans based on the activities at Abu Ghraib?
Jerk.
>>Yet again, France shows the civilized world
>>how to behave.
We’ve set the bar pretty low with our Chimperor in Chief. I don’t think the French (or any other civilized nation) can beat him for unethical, immoral, and illegal activities.
MAC_GUY – Right on with the comment, you beat me to it. Too bad the lefties always have to trash the United States. If it wasn’t for the USA the french would be speaking German today.
Well if these youths were not even being chased and simply ran into a car that happened to be a police car—– then ========WTF?
Is this all pc and not reporting any salient facts like (fill in your favorite bias==the caption inferring these were Muslim/Algerian youths, with MM obviously thinking they were members of Bush’s Advance Security Team).
Yes, the youth are our future. Many indian tribes wiped out by the GOUSA Calvary were done in reaction to minor attacks initiated by indian teenagers being adventurous. Same with the French. Our youngest generation seems to be housebound with the gameboys.
>>Too bad the lefties always have to trash
>>the United States.
Naw, we’re not trashing the United States. Just moronic dickwads like Dumbya and his puppeteers. They’ve done their best over the past 7 years to drag this great country into the fetid cesspool they inhabit.
Only 420 days left. Hey, 420! Time to fire up the bong in anticipation! Yee haw!
>>(fill in your favorite bias==the caption
>>inferring these were Muslim/Algerian youths,
>>with MM obviously thinking they were
>>members of Bush’s Advance Security Team)
Boboli, at least I know the difference between an inference and an implication.
And you may infer what you wish, but please don’t imply that I’m thinking something unless I state it explicitly.
Hey Mean Mister Mustard:
I never assume you are thinking anything–even when you do state it explicitly==as in connecting rabble rousing French youths with the chimpinchief. Still, Bush is such a chimp, I enjoy everything you post about him.
Two party system really has corrupted our consitutional divide/balance of power when Congress has taken impeachment “off the table.”
Impeach Bush now, just to Teach Hilliary a lesson.
#5 What is with you Americans hating the French and always bring up the war. What does this have to do with the topic at hand.
#5 and if it wasn’t for the French, you’d still be a subject of Her Britannic Majesty – which in fact could have been a plus as the Queen seems to be more reasonable than Dubya.
Hi, this is a message for Uncle Ben. I’m writing from the French News Channel France 24. We’re compiling opinions about the riots in Paris and wondered if we could get a paragraph from you for our online site. When did you last live in France?
Cheers, and get back to me asap if you can!
Sophie
spilgrim@france24.com
I hate to be a racist, but I’d bet the cash in my pocket that the two teenagers killed were of middle eastern descent, and that a majority of the rioters were as well.
If they were American teens they would not have given a damn about the deaths and would vegetate in front of the TV playing videogames.
The rioters are only technically French. They are Moslem brats raised in France.
(I understand that the Middle Easterners are the minority, the majority are Negroes. There are supposed to be assimilation issues. More than this would be pure guesswork on my part. I will add that the most insufferably arrogant ass I have ever met was a Parisian.)
what, riots there again? did the mailman was late or lost welfare checks or something?