Riots in Grenoble (France) after robber got killed by police

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10674539
BBC said:
Riots rocked the city's run-down suburb of Villeneuve on Friday night as people protested at the death of a suspected armed robber during a police chase.

At least 50 cars were burnt and police were fired on.

Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux promised to restore order when he visited the scene after the unrest.

"There is a simple and clear reality in this country: there's no future for hoodlums and delinquents because in the end the public authority always wins," he told reporters.

Nobody was injured in the riots, said police, who arrested two men aged 18 and 20 for setting fire to vehicles and three more for attempted looting of shops, France's AFP news agency reports.

Correspondents say the unrest in Villeneuve recalls the civil unrest which exploded amid immigrant communities across France in 2005 after two teenagers from a Parisian suburb died as they fled police.
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Mr Hortefeux made a lightning 15-minute tour of the suburb and promised quick action by the authorities.

"When I say quick, I mean immediately, that's how we are going to re-establish public order and the authority of the state," he told reporters outside police headquarters.

He said he had asked the regional government to use all means to secure the suburb neighbourhood "for now and for as much time as necessary for calm to return".

While the suburb appeared calm on Saturday, some local residents listening to the interior minister were not totally reassured, AFP reports.

One unnamed shopkeeper told the agency the minister's visit was reassuring on one level but it could "only stir up the hatred of some people".

"The minister's visit only risks aggravating the situation," said another resident, who also asked not to be named.

According to the police union SGP-FO, violence has been on the rise in recent months in Grenoble, a city of half a million at the foot of the French Alps.

"Police are at breaking point," said regional union chief Daniel Chomette, who called for reinforcements.

Prosecutor Jean Philippe said police had acted in legitimate self-defence when they were fired on at least three times after a car chase which ended in Villeneuve.

The police fired back, hitting Karim Boudouda, 27, in the head.

A post-mortem was due to be carried out on Saturday on Mr Boudouda, who had three convictions for armed robbery.

He was shot after allegedly fleeing by car with another suspect from the scene of a hold-up at a casino near Grenoble.

More than 20,000 euros (£17,000; $26,000) was taken in the robbery.
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If I understand correctly, a 'serial robber' was chased by the police, and he stopped the car and started shooting at the police. The police shot back and killed the robber. Then after his burial, a lot of people started rioting by burning cars, looting shops and being violent to 'revenge' the criminal's death.
It seems to me that these people are just looking for an excuse to riot and destroy stuff, or maybe they just want some attention. Because creating such a havoc just because a thief that tried to kill police officers got killed in self defense, seems quite ridiculous.

So what's the source of this problem and what should be done? Or do anyone have anything further to add to discussion about this?
 
It seems to me that these people are just looking for an excuse to riot and destroy stuff, or maybe they just want some attention. Because creating such a havoc just because a thief that tried to kill police officers got killed in self defense, seems quite ridiculous.
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Rage against the man justifies everything.
 
lol, kinda funny that this issue (involving police killing a man leading to riots) just got resolved here in the Bay Area not 2 weeks ago, and now it pops up in France.
 
The death of the robber probably was just the spark to start the fire. The fuel was already there. What exactly keep these people so angry I don't know. Maybe the police kills too many of them, and they don't feel that the police are there to protect them but to repress them? Someone knows more about it?
 
People die in Police Chases? Unless the Cops deliberatly killed them while better options remained (which isn't explained by the article) I don't see anything riot worthy
 
The people don't like it.
Rock the cop cars.
Rock the cop cars.

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Panic on the streets of Grenoble.
Panic on the streets of Villeneuve.
I wonder to myself,
could like ever be sane again?
The Paris side streets that you slip down.
 
They are probably rioting because they can't wear their burkas anymore.
 
"When I say quick, I mean immediately, that's how we are going to re-establish public order and the authority of the state," he told reporters outside police headquarters.
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I love when politicians are this blunt.
 
Yessir, Petain's ghost has returned and taken over, only this time he's harwking secularism and human dignity as cover.
 
Agarwaen said:
The death of the robber probably was just the spark to start the fire. The fuel was already there. What exactly keep these people so angry I don't know. Maybe the police kills too many of them, and they don't feel that the police are there to protect them but to repress them? Someone knows more about it?
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You're probably right about the fuel and the spark. I think (almost) all of the rioters were young male second generation immigrants to France from a third world country. They probably feel suppressed as a group since they are starting to get a a taste of adult life, and since they don't have education, and are either going to be poor or have a blue collar job for the rest of their life, they don't have much of a future (they think). At least that's what some other newspapers have said about similar cases. So they riot for several reasons. To get some kind of revenge on the rest of the society, just for the hell of it, and for a distinct hope that they may get more welfare when the State will try to cool them down.
 
Maybe France needs an immigration requirement where second-generation youths get to spend a year back in their home country before they turn 18. They'll change their tune once they find out making minimum wage they earn more than even the middle class people back home.
 
amadeus said:
Maybe France needs an immigration requirement where second-generation youths get to spend a year back in their home country before they turn 18. They'll change their tune once they find out making minimum wage they earn more than even the middle class people back home.
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For them, their home country is France.
 
amadeus said:
Why would a bunch of Catholics want to wear burkas? :confused:
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The man in question was of muslim descent, and the riots started after prayers in a mosque. It's reasonable to think that the rioters were other young muslims + occasional looters, hooligans etc.
 
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