In a situation we Americans know all too well, the death of a man at the hands of the police has caused violent chaos to erupt across France.

From Breitbart. The French government is considering “all options” including a nationwide state of emergency after another night of violence which saw hundreds of arrests and injured police officers, and thousands of fires, including many symbols of the state including town halls, schools, post offices, and buses destroyed.

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Some 40,000 police officers were deployed across France on Thursday night in an attempt to forestall a third night of violence triggered by the death on Tuesday of a delivery driver at the hands of a police officer in a Paris suburb after he refused to comply with a traffic stop. …

Per France’s Le Figaro reports there were 875 arrests overnight nationwide … Figures that underline the considerable scale of the attacks reveal there were some 3,880 fires set overnight, 249 police officers injured — although none seriously — and 492 buildings damaged.

Among those buildings damaged were several town halls and schools burnt out, reports state. Le Parisien cites the Interior Ministry to report 80 police stations were damaged overnight, 34 town halls burnt or otherwise damaged, 28 schools, and 57 other state buildings nationwide. …

While French President Emmanuel Macron has been criticised for being absent during the riots — he even grabbed headlines for partying with Elton John on Wednesday night while French cities burnt — he has now left a European summit early to return to Paris and host an emergency government meeting. The government will leave nothing off the table to restore order, Macron’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, eyeing a potential declaration of a state of emergency. …

Chaos total ce soir à Lyon #emeutes #Nanterre #Nahel pic.twitter.com/NfSQRXwyYW

— Anonyme Citoyen (@AnonymeCitoyen) June 29, 2023

On the other hand, beyond the police deployment other state action is being taken on a local level to prevent, or at least slow further violence. …

Public transport is being suspended in the Paris region from tonight for every evening until further notice. …

Several cities, including Parisian suburbs, have announced curfews for Friday night.

As reported, this sudden explosion of violence was triggered by the Tuesday slaying of teenage delivery driver ‘Nahel M’ by a police officer in Nanterre, a Paris suburb. Said to be known to police for repeatedly driving without a driving licence or insurance, the teen was pulled over on Tuesday after officers spotted him breaking road laws.

This interaction with officers rapidly deteriorated, however, when the youth attempted to speed away in his car while talking to officers, an event which saw one of those police officers decide to fire his sidearm, killing Nahel. The officer who fired has now been arrested and is being held in prison, and France has come under criticism from the United Nations for “deep issues of racism and racial discrimination in law enforcement”.

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