Social unrest spread like cancer across French cities for a fourth consecutive night, with hundreds of buildings and vehicles set ablaze. President Emmanuel Macron’s government struggled to contain the violence, which was sparked on Tuesday after a teenager was shot dead by a police officer.
This is the moment 17 year old Nahel M was shot dead at point blank range by a French policeman in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The killing has led to three consecutive nights of rioting across France. pic.twitter.com/J5osn9CnNi
— 5Pillars (@5Pillarsuk) June 30, 2023
In an update on Saturday, France’s Interior Ministry said 2,500 fires were reported overnight. Rioters set fire to 1,350 vehicles and 235 buildings nationwide. About 1,300 people were arrested, while the government mobilized 45,000 police officers with armored vehicles to quell the violence.
According to The Telegraph, French police said they were “at war” with “savage hordes of vermin” on Friday night. The country’s top police unions threatened revolt unless Macron’s government restored law and order.
“Today the police are in combat because we are at war. Tomorrow we will enter resistance and the government should be aware of this,” police unions said.
The riots have gotten so bad that French President Emmanuel Macron had to cancel “a long-planned state visit to Germany to deal with the worsening turmoil,” Politico Europe reported.
“Given the internal situation, the president has indicated that he wishes to be able to stay in France for the next few days,” a statement from France said. “The two presidents therefore agreed to postpone the visit to Germany to a later date.”
These are not protestors !!
These are terrorists looting & vandalizing France !!
— حسن سجواني 🇦🇪 Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) July 1, 2023
France is burning. An apartment fire was started in Grigny. pic.twitter.com/49Odv6iCXx
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 2, 2023
White people are attacked at random here in France
Some attacks seems to show mutilation with machete by MuslimsEverything going well here #riots #France #AttackOnFrancepic.twitter.com/GzdWxF01MO
— llebou (@llebou) July 1, 2023
MUST WATCH: A pharmacy in Montargis, France collapses after being ravaged by fire and looting pic.twitter.com/G6fL1I9Jhi
— Election Wizard (@ElectionWiz) July 1, 2023
“Many of the protesters identify with the teenager [shot and killed by police earlier in the week], who has been named only as Nahel M. and who was of Algerian and Moroccan descent,” The New York Times said.
What’s alarming is that French police unions threaten to protest if the government refuses to clamp down hard on the rioting. France is in a state of near anarchy. French police said they were “at war” with “savage hordes of vermin.” This is further decay and one step closer to societal collapse. It will be a long summer in Europe. Are these organized rioters attempting a ‘color revolution’ in France?
