In France, Now at Least They’re Acknowledging the Source of the Violence
From Expatica:
Outrage after two police ambushed in suburb
EVRY, France, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - Police unions reacted with outrage Wednesday after two members of a CRS anti-riot unit were badly hurt in an ambush by youths in the southern Paris suburb of Corbeil-Essonnes.
The men were patrolling Tuesday night in an unmarked car in the Les Tartarets housing project when the vehicle was attacked with stones, a police spokesman said.
When one of the officers left the vehicle, he was set upon by about 20 youths who had been hiding in the undergrowth.
“The driver rushed to help. The two were then covered in blows to the face and other parts of the body as they lay on the ground,” the spokesman said. The gang dispersed when reinforcements arrived.
Both officers suffered injuries to the face and head, as well as bruising to the body. One was hospitalised.
It took until the 11th paragraph, but the report finally got around to saying who the “youths” were, and the source of their “inspiration”:
(State-appointed governor) Jean-Francois Cordet told Sarkozy in a letter sent in June that tensions were continuing to rise in the northern Paris suburbs — with rising crime, a court system that was failing to punish, and the active incitement of Islamic radicals.
A year ago the I-word would never have been mentioned. It’s late, but there appears to be an awakening to reality in France. Perhaps it’s not too late.
Ahhh… so nice of the Frence to use an unmarked car so as to not provoke anger toward them. Perhaps the officers had a provoking look. How else could you explain such a response from a peace loving people.
Comment by Conservative Culture — September 22, 2006 @ 9:14 am
#1, I didn’t grasp the significance of that when I read it. That is sad.
Comment by TBlumer — September 22, 2006 @ 11:06 am