In the northern city of Lille, in the southern city of Toulouse, and there was also rioting in Amiens, police and demonstrators engaged in physical altercations.
In Nanterre, a working-class district of Paris, protestors set car on fire and fired fireworks at police on Wednesday. This was the second night of disturbance in the area after a 17 year-old kid was fatally shot there during a traffic check.
In the ethnically varied suburbs of France’s largest cities, there is a pervasive perception of police brutality that has been fueled by the use of lethal force by cops against the adolescent, who is of North African descent
Just before midnight, pyrotechnics fizzed towards police lines on Nanterre’s Avenue Pablo Picasso, leaving a trail of burning wrecks in their wake.
According to a police spokeswoman, there was turbulence in Amiens, Dijon, and the administrative region of Essonne, south of the French capital, as well as in the northern city of Lille and the southern city of Toulouse.
Instances were recorded in various different places in the greater Paris area according to French media. The Montreuil town hall. located on the eastern fringe of Paris, was seen in social media videos to be the target of numerous fireworks.
The shooting was previously described as “unexplainable and inexcusable” by President Emmanuel Macron.
For shooting the kid, a police office is being looked into for voluntary homicide. He allegedly disobeyed a request to stop his scar, according to the prosecution.
2000 police officers have reportedly been mobilised on the Paris area, according to the interior ministry’s request for calm.
Rights organisations claim that racism is institutionalised throughout French law enforcement, a claim that Macron has previously refuted.
One police officer is seen firing at the driver in close range as the Mercedes AMG begins to move away in a video posted on Social media and confirmed by Reuters. According to the local prosecutor, he succumbed to his injuries shortly after.
“You have a video that makes it crystal evident that a police officer killed a 17-year-old boy. you can see that the shooting was unlawful, according to Yassine Bouzroum the family attorney.
The National Assembly observed a month of silence during which prime Minister Elisabeth Borne stated that the shooting “seems clearly not to comply with the rules.”
According to the attorney, the family has filed a lawsuit alleging manslaughter, involvement in homicide, and fabrication of evidence against the cop.
A lady identified as the victim’s mother requested a memorial march in Nanterre on Thursday on a video posted to TikTok. Come one and all, we’ll lead a revolution for my son, she urged.
According to a national police spokesperson, Tuesday’s tragedy was the third fatal shooting during traffic stops in France thus far in 2023, down from a record 13 last year.
