Burning Paris, night 3
posted at 9:23 am on November 28, 2007 by Bryan
It wasn’t as bad as night 2, thanks mostly to massive police presence and quick sentencing of rioters caught on the first two nights.
The French authorities deployed 1,000 police to a northern Paris suburb Tuesday to prevent a third night of youth riots amid signs that the violence could be spreading.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon visited the restive suburb of Villiers le Bel, where the death of two teenagers Sunday touched off two nights of violence that have left at least 120 police injured.
Nine people were detained in Villiers ahead of Fillon’s visit, police told AFP, and at least one shop was on fire later in the evening.
Earlier, a court jailed eight youths over the clashes with police Sunday and Monday. Four were handed prison sentences ranging from three to 10 months, while four others were detained pending judgement.
There was also Tuesday signs that the violence had spread outside the Paris region when about a dozen cars were set on fire in the southern city of Toulouse.
Calling the riots “unacceptable,” French President Nicholas Sarkozy is vowing to end them.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday that rioters who shot at police would be brought to justice as violence that rocked Paris suburbs appeared to ebb.
It was the first time Sarkozy, who had just returned from China, entered the fray since the rioting broke out Sunday night. The violence, which Sarkozy called “unacceptable,” eased Tuesday night after police were deployed in force and quickly rounded up youths lobbing Molotov cocktails and setting cars ablaze…
“We will find the shooters,” and they will “be brought to account before justice,” Sarkozy said after meeting with a wounded police captain hospitalized in Eaubonne north of Paris.
When the next round of riots pops up, maybe Sarkozy will have a few of these to deal with the TEPIDs.
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…and as soon as Sarkozy makes a single constructive move to counter the jihad, they’ll say he’s insensitive to the needs of the cultural minority.
MadisonConservative on November 28, 2007 at 9:27 AM
Kind of a lame response from Sarko given all the tough talk.
Valiant on November 28, 2007 at 9:32 AM
How exactly is the rioting easing if it’s spreading to other cities and the number of cars torched and buildings burned is still fairly high? Are they simply thanking their lucky stars that no police were killed last night thanks to bringing out more than a thousand cops to the scene of the first two-days’ worth of rioting?
Color me skeptical.
lawhawk on November 28, 2007 at 9:33 AM
PalestinianParis Car Swarm!Keli on November 28, 2007 at 9:33 AM
Robespierre would be proud.
Limerick on November 28, 2007 at 9:41 AM
Socialism ….. proving ignorance is bliss, and success is unattainable.
fogw on November 28, 2007 at 9:42 AM
What’s this? France gets attacked and immediately responds with overwhelming force and tough consequences? And it works?
Mon Dieu! One might even think that this would be a successful strategy for dealing with terrorism.
James on November 28, 2007 at 9:48 AM
Now that’s swift justice! I don’t know anything about France’s court system, but I like the thought of arresting a “youth” on Sunday/Monday, and sentencing him on Tuesday. Although maybe the sentence should have included deportation, vous pensez?
lan astaslem on November 28, 2007 at 9:53 AM
I wonder what the cost of car insurance is in France…
Grafted on November 28, 2007 at 9:53 AM
Shoot them bastards. I hate rioters that tear up other peoples stuff. They need to be taught the meaning of “respect”, even if you have to beat it into them.
saiga on November 28, 2007 at 10:02 AM
Somewhere in this headline is an inappropriate joke about ridding the world of the walking petri dish, but I just can’t find it.
Alden Pyle on November 28, 2007 at 10:02 AM
has V for Vendetta been released in French recently?
jp on November 28, 2007 at 10:03 AM
Have they burned down any buildings? If not, who give a f–k?
LtE126 on November 28, 2007 at 10:08 AM
Hey, you can’t expect people to work for a living…what do they think France is, a capitalist country?
This is what socialism brings.
Want to see us in ten years under the Dems? Look across the pond.
right2bright on November 28, 2007 at 10:12 AM
They tried ramming burning cars into buildings…and with about 80 cops injured, I’d say there’s a lot of people who “give a f-k”.
JetBoy on November 28, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Ah Paris, City of Light
…ing cars on fire.
saint kansas on November 28, 2007 at 10:14 AM
“They tried ramming burning cars into buildings”
Okay. what I’m saying is…let ‘em burn up all the cars they want. Buildings are a different thing.
LtE126 on November 28, 2007 at 10:38 AM
how do you say ‘car-b-que’ in french?
DrW on November 28, 2007 at 10:52 AM
Did we forget about the library they burned yesterday. There was a picture of it here on HA.
Also, what is the deal with “let them burn all the cars they want?” Who are you? What are you? French?
thomashton on November 28, 2007 at 11:06 AM
* Police cars on fire
* Savages dancing on top of the police cars that were set on fire
* Shooting at police
* >80 officers hurt
And they’re still sending the regular police in?!?
They should deploy the French equivalent of the National Guard. If I’d be a cop in France and told to go in these hot zones I’d tell my supervisor to go F himself. It’s a miracle no cops have died yet.
AlexB on November 28, 2007 at 11:07 AM
So an entire neighborhood of burning cars is OK, but torch one building, and it’s different? Eh, I don’t get it.
JetBoy on November 28, 2007 at 11:08 AM
Good question, I wonder though if they just pay in taxes.
4shoes on November 28, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Poo Joe.
Shy Guy on November 28, 2007 at 11:22 AM
Exactly. The vaunted law and order “conservative” Sarko comes to the rescue and guys who shot at cops get 4 – 6 months? What a farce.
Jaibones on November 28, 2007 at 11:44 AM
As interior minister he called these protesters “scum,” for which he became the most hated person in France among these … scum. Now, as president, I suppose he is trying to show them he is not a “crazy Frenchman,” which is what he hopelessly needs to be to deal with them.
AlexB on November 28, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Well the french better do a better job of surrendering before they do start burning buildings and killing more french people. All they got to do is give them more welfare money and they’ll be happy for a while.
countywolf on November 28, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Send them back to their country of origin.
Kini on November 28, 2007 at 12:31 PM
I wonder if Don Dokken had any idea how prophetic he was when he wrote “Paris Is Purning”?
This is simply just another frontline in the global war on infidels. You can’t solve a problem until you admit that there is one.
Tony737 on November 28, 2007 at 12:35 PM
Those utes! How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm (once they’ve seen Mecca)?
thegreatbeast on November 28, 2007 at 1:26 PM
Still too wimpy, Nicky. Try something like “armed rioters will be shot without warning.”
mojo on November 28, 2007 at 1:35 PM
That’s the Chicago way.
Karl on November 28, 2007 at 1:41 PM
“Did we forget about the library they burned yesterday. There was a picture of it here on HA.
Also, what is the deal with “let them burn all the cars they want?” Who are you? What are you? French?
thomashton on November 28, 2007 at 11:06 AM”
No. But I happen to be in the profession and in order of importance…Lives, buildings then everything else.
by the way…my next riot won’t be my first, kid.
LtE126 on November 28, 2007 at 1:45 PM
That approach works every time. Also, sometimes you get lucky and get the chance to thin them out some.
saiga on November 28, 2007 at 2:20 PM
Let’s not cackle; we’re next. We still have a 2nd Amendment, use it.
dhimwit on November 28, 2007 at 2:40 PM
Nuke it from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure. Win-win: puts a serious crimp in the jihad in Europe AND deals with the French.
libertarianuberalles on November 28, 2007 at 2:41 PM
“about a dozen cars were set on fire in the southern city of Toulouse” – this seems surprisingly low for a riot. Where I used to work in London there was a burnt car every week or so, and that was the work of bored kids (literally, children) during peacetime. These riots seem more like inner-city Huddersfield of a Saturday night, or a typical night in Belfast during the troubles. I’m always skeptical whenever the media reports riots and burning cars etc, because it’s easy to take shots of one car from several different angles. Given the reports of rioters using hunting rifles it seems odd that we are not hearing of one or two dead policemen per day. Eventually this kind of urban disturbance will be a continual background drone that we will filter out.
Apeking on November 28, 2007 at 3:15 PM
120 injured, vs. 17 arrested? So, the takeaway here for French police is if someone busts you in the face with a club, or shoots you; they won’t be punished for doing so.
Well, I can see a potential morale issue here. Doing a dangerous job sucks. Doing a dangerous job with no support, no backup, and leaders willing to sell you up the river… seems like it would suck worse.
I don’t see this one getting better before it gets worse.
gekkobear on November 28, 2007 at 4:30 PM
Well said Tony!
brtex on November 28, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Nov 27th:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/world/europe/27paris.html?ref=europe&pagewanted=all
Timeframe undetermined…
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jeFc8AF_c6NJD6v25AZYeidCgg0AD8T6TBM00
Even if you’re calling this overlap from the previous article, a police station, a library, and preschool, and several stores at a minimum. is that enough?
Ok, and how many police stations have you let rioters burn out from under you?
Sorry, but either you missed the parts of the story where they’re burning down multiple buildings and deliberately shooting cops, or you’ve passed worldly and blasé and gone into apathetic.
Do you think they should just ignore the rioters shooting cops too? How many cops can they shoot before you get concerned?
Meh, I guess it’s only buckshot, right?
gekkobear on November 28, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Police, BY LAW, can’t work over 30 hours per week.
So they are kinda screwed. The Disenfranchised crazed Islamic youth on the other hand can fire bomb 24/7
TheSitRep on November 28, 2007 at 6:29 PM
Hey, there’s a significant Euro value attached to that city, and frankly, I don’t think anyone here is qualified to make that decision; no offense.
Frozen Tex on November 28, 2007 at 6:49 PM