Photo taken from a video during the Police intervention on 27/06/2023 in Nanterre
On Tuesday June 27, 2023, in Nanterre, Hauts de Seine, a chase took place between a 17-year-old driving a yellow Mercedes and two Police Nationale motorcyclists, following a refusal to yield. After more than 10 minutes of pursuit, the yellow car was blocked by a car. The two bikers took the opportunity to get off their bikes. One of them points his gun at the windshield and, after a few moments, fires when the car starts up again.
Teenager's car on 27/06/2023
Mortally wounded, the 17-year-old died a hundred meters away. One of the three occupants was arrested, while the front passenger fled.
French Prime Minister E. BORNE with the Mayor of Garges les Gonesse, Val d'Oise, on 06/29/2023, in front of the burnt-out facade of the town hall on the night of 06/28/2023.
The affair quickly turned political. The President of the Republic, his Prime Minister and his Minister of the Interior immediately condemned the biker's gesture and the attitude of his colleague. Violent rioting ensued on the night of June 27, 2023, in Nanterre.
Building and car fire in Lille on 28/06/2023
The following day, riots broke out after midnight in a number of French cities...
CRS intervening in a French town on the night of June 28-29, 2023
The French Homeland discovered that on the night of June 28, 2023, the riots broke out after midnight. The social networks enabled the rioters to coordinate a sort of escalation of dramatic incidents: town halls set on fire, police stations attacked with mortars, public buildings set on fire, municipal police stations in various towns set on fire, shopping centers set on fire.
Burning of street furniture during the White March in Nanterre on 29/06/23
On Thursday June 29, 2023, a white march was organized. During the march, the Forces de l'Ordre were pelted with stones, and cars and street furniture were set alight. During the day, the walls of Nanterre were tagged with the words "Revolt for Nahel" and "Vengeance for Nahel"..
CRS during the night of 29/06/2023, in Vaulx en Velin, a suburb of Lyon.
The authorities are worried that the so-called "sensitive" neighborhoods will catch fire, as they did in 2005, when they lasted more than three weeks.
Indeed, in comparison with 2005, we see an acceleration in the figures:
Vehicles burned:
In three weeks in 2005 = 9.000 - From June 27 to 29, 2013 = 2.000
Police officers and Gendarmes injured:
In three weeks in 2005 = + de 200 - June 29, 2013 over 250
Police officers engaged
At the peak of riots in 2005 = 12.000, on June 29, 2023 = 40.000
RAID déployer in Nanterre on 28/06/2023
On June 29, 2023, more than 40,000 police and gendarmes were deployed throughout the country to deal with the night of rioting.
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Tramways on fire on 29/06/23 in Clamart, Hauts de Seine
Numerous riots broke out in other towns on June 29, 2023, with vehicles set on fire and confrontations with the forces of law and order. Several cities shut down their public transport networks, including Paris from 9pm and Lille from 8pm. In other cities, the police will ask for public transport to be suspended, as in Nantes, in the face of stoning and bus fires in various parts of the city...
Incendie à Clichy la Garenne dans la nuit du 29/06/2023
Fire in Clichy la Garenne on the night of 29/06/2023
During the night of June 29 to 30, 2023, 421 people were arrested nationwide, mainly aged between 14 and 18.
There were 249 police officers and gendarmes injured, and 77 attacks on national police stations, municipal police stations and Gendarmerie brigades.
Photo of a call for rallies published on a French website
Calls for rallies on Social Networks will take place on June 30, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. in major urban centers such as Bordeaux, Bourges, Caen, Clemont-Ferrand, Dijon, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Metz, Nantes and others.
The public authorities banned these gatherings.
Cars set on fire during the White march on 29/06/2023 in Nanterre
The State of Emergency, which allows the authorities to impose a curfew, will come into force in several cities in the next few days. This state of emergency took place in 2005, after 12 days following the death of two young people in a transformer, and was followed by riots that lasted over three weeks throughout France...
Gendarmerie VBRG deployed in a French town on the night of 30/06/23
On the fourth night of rioting, the authorities deployed a number of armored vehicles, including the Gendarmerie Nationale's VBRG and VBP CENTAURE, to support law enforcement units in neighborhoods and city centers.
RAID members on quad bike in Lille on 29/06/23
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The number of arrests was down: 719 compared with 1,311 the previous night. During the night, 45 police officers and gendarmes were injured, compared with 79 the previous night, 651 vehicles and buildings were set on fire, compared with 1,616 the previous night, and 871 fires were set on public thoroughfares, compared with 2,560 the previous night.
The night of Sunday July 02 to Monday July 03, 2023 saw a real slowdown in violence and looting across France: 157 people were arrested throughout the country, three police officers and gendarmes were injured, more than 350 fires were set on public roads, and more than 330 vehicles and buildings were set alight. A police station and a gendarmerie barracks were attacked by fireworks mortars.
Numerous association premises have also been burnt down, including those of "Restos du Coeur" in Val de Marne and Yvelines, "Aide aux Sans-abris" in Paris and a social grocery store in Seine et Marne.
During the sixth night of rioting (night of July 03 to 04, 2023), the figures show a marked decrease in the number of extreme cases seen in recent days. With 45,000 police officers and gendarmes still present, there were 72 arrests, compared with 157 the previous night. This brings the total number of arrests since the start of the riots to 3,486.
Persan town hall in Val d'Oise burnt down on 01/07/2023 During the night of July 03 to July 04, 2023, 159 vehicles were set on fire, 24 buildings damaged and four law enforcement premises (Police Nationale, Gendarmerie, Police Municipale) attacked.
Here's an interview with Alain BAUER, Criminologist at the CNAM, explaining the situation and the reasons for this conflagration on French Radio "Europe 1", including "the habit and the rapport de Force of using violence to deal with social problems. For him, France is a country that doesn't know negotiation or discussion, so everything is a matter of power. It's the idea that only violence allows the State to discuss, and that broken windows are better than broken lives...".
He also speaks of "the problem of confrontation, because for a party that wants to fight, the Police, Public Services, Republican Order, it's not Republican Order, it's another gang... There's a territorial conflict of control of spaces and territory from an event that generated it."
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