The autumn brings… more French riots

A French police officer was shot and wounded during clashes with youths that broke out after a teenager died while fleeing police, authorities said Tuesday. The officer appeared to have been shot in the leg with a hunting rifle, said the police prefecture in Romans-sur-Isere, a southeastern town located 60 miles from Lyon in the Rhone Valley on the edge of the Alps. The officer’s life was not in danger.
Dents from bullets and buckshot were also found in police vehicles nearby. Police used tear gas and rubber pellets to push back some 50 youths during clashes late Monday and early Tuesday.
Several cars were burned and about 15 shop windows were smashed. After nightfall Tuesday, some 300 riot police officers and gendarmes took up positions around the center of town to prevent a second night of clashes. Some teams of officers were brought in from neighboring regions. The violence broke out after a 16-year-old died by driving a stolen car into a wall while fleeing police. Four other minors in the car were lightly injured.

French policeman shot in clashes with youths – International Herald Tribune h/t EuropeNews.

Just consider what happened in the past.

Esther has more on the subject:

(…) According to a preliminary investigation, the five teenagers had stolen the car overnight and were driving at high speed through the center of Romans-sur-Isere when police began chasing them. The young driver took a sharp turn and lost control of the car, running into a wall.

the relatives came out furious from their closed-door meeting with the municipal team.  In tears, a young woman told the dozens of worked up youth: “He wants that it will calm down.  I say to you: burn everything.”

This statement was met by cheers and the youth dispersed in small groups, promising the security forces a night of fire.  A handful of them started shouting: “Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar!”  “It will burn,” said one of the leaders of the group, surrounded by a swarm of teenagers who listened respectfully.  “They’re fed up with our small brothers dieing in our neighborhoods.  You dominated our parents.  We are the third generation and we won’t submit.”

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