Gaetz <jthomqx@gmail.com> wrote in news:svbqih$1qbji$3@news.freedyn.de:

> France created this problem by accepting all the immigrant African
> savages.

France has dispatched its elite GIGN commandos to reinforce beleaguered
police as the country braces for a fifth night of violence over the
killing of Nahel Merzouk.

Some 45,000 police officers and Gendarmes were mobilised on Saturday
evening, after hundreds of people gathered to bury the 17-year-old
police shooting victim in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.

Arrests were made in cities across France with a police source quoted on
BFMTV giving the number as 121.

A total of 43 people were arrested in Marseille after violence between
rioters and police broke out, according to the Bouches-du-Rh�ne police
headquarters.

�Since the beginning of the evening, all potentially violent groups in
the city center have been systematically dispersed by the police and
gendarmes, if necessary with the use of tear gas,� the Bouches-du-Rh�ne
Police Prefecture said.

�The situation is under control.�

Officials also told the local media that 21 people had been arrested in
Lyon and that 37 further arrests were made in Paris for people caught
�carrying a weapon� following 375 searches. A total of 45 people were
arrested in Paris and a heavy police presence has been seen along the
Champs-�lys�es.

Gr�gory Doucet, the mayor of Lyon, where dozens of police officers were
injured on Friday night � including several by gunfire � called for
urgent reinforcements, saying police in the city were �overwhelmed�.

Lyon, he said following a crisis meeting, �has been in the grip of riots
of unprecedented intensity, damage and violence�.

The GIGN � France�s top hostage rescue unit, similar to the SAS �
arrived in Marseille on Saturday evening, according to police in
Bouches-du-Rh�ne, following a night of fierce clashes between police and
protesters.

�The results of the night can be summed up in one word: apocalyptic,�
Rudy Manna, of the Bouches-du-Rh�ne police union, said of Friday night.

�We had scenes of guerrillas in the center of Marseille, the northern
districts were also affected by looting, burning of vehicles and trash
cans.�

Gerald Darmanin, the French interior minister, said �a lot of resources�
were being sent to the two embattled cities, which have been home to
some of the worst clashes since the unrest broke out on Tuesday.

As well as the elite counter-terror unit, armoured vehicles and
helicopters were being sent to shore up security in Marseille.

Despite the violence, curfews have not been introduced in either of the
two cities.

French police on Saturday said their officers were being �ambushed� by
rioters.

More than 200 policemen have been injured and over 700 businesses
ransacked or burnt down since the police shooting of Merzouk sparked
nationwide unrest on Tuesday.

Police made 1,311 arrests overnight from Friday to Saturday � the most
so far � but claimed the violence had been �lower in intensity� and with
fewer cars and buildings set ablaze compared with previous nights.

Meanwhile, hundreds of mourners gathered in Nanterres for Merzouk�s
funeral on Saturday afternoon.

The funeral passed off peacefully, although correspondents described a
tense atmosphere and mourners described anger at what they said was
endemic police racism.

Merzouk, who was of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was driving a yellow
Mercedes through Nanterres at around 8am on Tuesday when he was shot.
There were two other people in the vehicle at the time.

Police initially claimed the officer opened fire because the vehicle was
driving towards them as if to hit them.

But a social media video of the incident, which news agencies have
confirmed, shows an officer pointing a gun through the stationary car
window before opening fire as it drove away.

Prosecutors investigating the case said on Friday that two motorcycle
officers involved told investigators that they tried to stop the car
when they spotted it driving in a bus lane at about 8am on Tuesday.

The driver ignored an initial request to stop and drove away through a
red light, according to their account. They gave chase, pulled the car
over, and pointed guns at the driver to �deter him from driving away
again�.

Protesters say his killing is typical of a heavy-handed and racist
approach to policing in France�s deprived racially mixed neighborhoods.

The riots are France�s worst since the 2018 Yellow Vest protests brought
the country to a standstill.

French television reported that at least four officers were wounded by
shotgun fire in Vaulx-en-Velin, a suburb of Lyon, on Friday night.

The main public library in Marseilles, France�s second-largest city, was
burnt down on Thursday. Overnight looting on Friday continued into
Saturday morning, sparking appeals from shopkeepers for Mr Macron to �do
something�.

The city�s mayor asked residents not to put out rubbish or other bulk
items because of the risk they would be set on fire by rioters.

CRS 8, an elite riot squad, was deployed to Lyon after the city�s mayor
issued a public appeal for reinforcements.

The unit, formed in 2021 as a rapid response force to tackle urban
violence, consists of around 60 specialist officers trained to deploy
from their base outside Paris within 15 minutes of the order being
given.

It has previously been involved in a controversial operation to evict
undocumented migrants from the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte.

Twelve people were arrested overnight Friday to Saturday in Lyon, where
rioters have fired massed barrages of fireworks rockets and hurled tiles
from rooftops at police.

Explosions were heard on the streets overnight on Saturday and looters
hit businesses ranging from motorcycle dealers to luxury boutiques.

St Etienne, 40 miles south-east of Lyon, announced a curfew for
unaccompanied minors from 7pm to 6pm.

Ga�l Perdriau, the city�s mayor, appealed to the state to �enforce
order� by �all necessary means�.

With no sign of the riots easing, Emmanuel Macron, the French president,
cancelled a trip to Germany on Saturday.

Mr Macron spoke on the phone on Saturday with Frank-Walter Steinmeier,
the German president, and briefed him on the situation, said a German
spokesman.

My
7 hours ago

Sending military units against civilians is never a good sign. Neither
is a country full of unemployed criminal immigrants.

https://news.yahoo.com/police-arrest-1-000-rioters-085151555.html