Posted on 11/04/2005 5:57:48 PM PST by blam
Rioters' parents to march against Paris anarchy
By Henry Samuel in Aulnay-sous-Bois
(Filed: 05/11/2005)
Parents of the teenage rioters who have turned the housing estates of northern Paris into an urban war zone will march in silent protest this morning to demand an end to the spiralling unrest.
Firefighters attempt to extinguish a warehouse fire
As the estate dwellers and the police sent in numbers to contain the violence braced for a ninth consecutive night of anarchy, the mayor of one of the worst-hit towns sought to rally residents against the crimes of their children.
Gerard Gaudron, the mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois, 10 miles north-east of the capital, said he believed an appeal to people's republican spirit could halt the petrol bombing and clashes with riot police that is spreading across France.
"People have had enough," said Mr Gaudron. "People are afraid. It's time for this to stop." He said that parents, most of whom are poor immigrants, were determined to bring an end to the anarchy.
He appealed for them to keep their offspring at home. But that may not be easy.
Like many residents of La Cité des 3,000 - a sprawling project of battered apartment blocks in Aulnay - Madjid Zidane, 47, is exasperated by the nightly battles.
"The troublemakers are not men," he said. "Real men wouldn't behave in this way. No, these are kids under 25 - including my own."
The Algerian father-of-six surveyed a burnt-out police station at the estate entrance.
"The station was only cosmetic anyway," he said. "The police have no power against the kids around here. My 14-year-old pulled a knife on me the other day. Do you think he's afraid of them?"
More than 500 vehicles were burnt in Paris on Thursday night. Dozens more were torched in Dijon, Marseille and Rouen.
The rioting was started by youths angered over the accidental deaths of Bouna Traore, 15, and Ziad Benna, 17, while hiding from police.
Bouna Traore's brother, Siyakah, yesterday told protesters: "Calm down and stop ransacking everything. This is not how we are going to have our voices heard."
its the end of the french as we knew them, and I feel fine
Snort. Now there's a thought.
This is the response after more than a week of this crap? It's time to break out the military with real bullets. Oops, this is the French we're talking about. The parlaiment will break out new welfare benefits and offer them more Grey Poupon.
How long before the French surrender OH I AM SORRY They already had
Let's see. The French held out two weeks against the Germans. Will they last that long this time?
the mothers are going protest WHO? This is almost as stupid as the Watts riots. Get mad so you destroy yourself in protest!
give the boys a match!
This "march" should provide their teenage shock troops the opportunity to rest and re-equip.
Who wants to keep a 14 year old knife fighter at home?
The protesters should be given a lifetime vacation in Zimbabwe, Sudan or dropped off in Timbuktu.
There are two airports quite closeby. It should only take a couple of thousand flights.
They could use the new Airbus and just make it 500 flights.
The million Frog march.
I think the firefighters and police should establish a perimeter around the areas of the city that aren't burning,,and quit responding to the hEllholes that are already in flames..
Of course, the French govt and those few 10 people still employed in France will be billed for the cleaning up the devastation.
The parents should be totally ashamed. They are responsible for how their children are raised. Their kids won't give a rat's a$$ that the parents want the violence to stop. What a joke!
Because the are French born, raised and educated citizens.
The countries that their parents and grandparents came from don't recognize these boys as their citizens. They would not take any of them.
Yup. I was thinking that it would be a good time for Al-Qa'eda to IED bomb the parents and blame it on the police.
The protesters should be given a lifetime vacation in Zimbabwe, Sudan or dropped off in Timbuktu from 35,000 feet.
"Parents of the teenage rioters who have turned the housing estates of northern Paris into an urban war zone will march in silent protest this morning to demand an end to the spiralling unrest."
I think we now know why their children are acting like complete idiots.
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