France stunned by rioters’ savagery [Warning: graphic images downthread]

The Sunday Times (of London) ^ | Dec. 2, 2007 | Matthew Campbell

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IN retrospect, it was not a good idea to have left his pistol at home. Called to the scene of a traffic accident in the Paris suburbs last Sunday, Jean-François Illy, a regional police chief, came face to face with a mob of immigrant youths armed with baseball bats, iron bars and shotguns.

What happened next has sickened the nation. As Illy tried to reassure the gang that there would be an investigation into the deaths of two teenagers whose motorbike had just collided with a police car, he heard a voice shouting: “Somebody must pay for this. Some pigs must die tonight!”

The 43-year-old commissaire realised it was time to leave, but that was not possible: they set his car ablaze. He stood as the mob closed in on him, parrying the first few baseball bat blows with his arms. An iron bar in the face knocked him down.

“I tried to roll myself into a ball on the ground,” said Illy from his hospital bed. He was breathing with difficulty because several of his ribs had been broken and one had punctured his lung.

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Pictures and video linked at the Times website.

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[razzle]

More rambunctious “youths”.

[Larry Lucido]

IN retrospect, it was not a good idea to have left his pistol at home

Some learn more slowly than others.

[AZLiberty]

France is lucky to have Sarkozy rather than that Hillary-wanna-be.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

As in,

Duh.

[txhurl]

Radical Islam = hydrophobia. Only one cure.

[Bernard]

Nonsense. This is a revolution against civilization and the 21st century. The longer French police officials rush to the scene of a riot while unarmed, the sooner the new barbarians will take over France.

[attiladhun2]

“Immigrant youths”=code for Islamonazi thugs.

[Enterprise]

"Given the weapons being used, it was lucky that nobody was killed,” said a policeman."

Don't worry officer. The Muslims will make sure that someone dies next time.

Here's a hint guys:

SNIPERS!

[brewer1516]

They didn’t kill him? They must be moderates.

[NonValueAdded]

Have the youts misunderestimated Sarkozy? Time for the rioters to be stunned by the reaction.

[Windcatcher]

They must have a lot of sand in Europe, because so many people seem to have their heads in it.

[ARE SOLE]

What is going on? Are there no men left in France? Hell, the LAPD would put this shiite down in one day.

C’mon Sarko, lock n’ load.

Regards

[Drew68]

France is lucky to have Sarkozy rather than that Hillary-wanna-be.

Still waiting for Sarkozy to start cracking heads. Isn't this why he was elected?

[Turret Gunner A20]

Shoot the B-stards at the VERY FIRST sing of hostility.

[Turret Gunner A20]

sing=sign

[robomatik]

“misunderestimated” quick! someone alert websters. we have a new word. :)

[Halgr]

One more reason not to elect a democrat

[Charlespg]

[UCFRoadWarrior]

The failure to call these thugs “Muslims” tells me there is no real effort to stop this

Even Fox News resident liberaltine Shep Smith, while grilling some liberal over this, refused to refer to the thugs as “Muslim”

Until we can truly and honestly identify who these thugs really are...this will never be solved. I think Sarkozy is still too Nutty Globalist to really want to deal with this...even though many Americans seem to like and respect him.