Old news from January: Paris mayor plans to sue Fox News

The mayor of Paris said Tuesday she plans to sue Fox News for its reporting, later retracted, that so-called â€œno-go zonesâ€ for non-Muslims and local authorities exist in the French capital and other European cities.

"When we're insulted, then I think we'll have to sue, I think we'll have to go to court, in order to have these words removed," Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a television interview. Hildalgo repeated her intention to sue in later statements and tweets attributed to her office.

Fox News responded to the mayorâ€™s remarks with a statement from Michael Clemente, Executive Vice President for News.

"We empathize with the citizens of France as they go through a healing process and return to everyday life. However, we find the mayor's comments regarding a lawsuit misplaced," the statement said.

I was a telephone repairman for 30 years in Houston and believe me, there are zones I had to have a cop with me while I worked on their phone. A white man in certain neighborhoods caused near riots. If they cut a cable in certain spots, 2-3 cops were required all day to protect the workers. They would steal tools off the truck while parked over a manhole or throw bricks and other things down the hole. Another would be to find bullet holes in your truck if it was parked a couple of hours. One female was raped and murdered trying to get dial tone to a customer.

I've seen the video's of people trying to drive through European neighborhoods and they get attacked. Some of the things done and said would warrant execution in a carry state in the US. My own daughter is a cop and she will tell you there are certain places where she isn't allowed to go unless she has multiple backup. She is instructed to wait for them if she gets there first.

An easy solution would be to send a hidden camera into one of these neighborhoods and record what happens. Any volunteers?

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