Posted on 07/16/2018 6:09:07 AM PDT by davikkm
French celebrations over the national football team’s World Cup victory on Sunday quickly turned to violence, with street clashes, vandalism, attacks on police, and scenes of looting in cities across the country. As many as a million people had been enjoying the “good-natured atmosphere” at an event on the Champs-Élysées in Paris following France’s 4-2 win against Croatia, which ministers had hoped would bring a “great moment” of “national unity”.
But by 11 pm the jubilant mood had turned to chaos, with what local media describes as “bands of thugs” launching projectiles including bottles at police, who responded by firing tear gas while the area was evacuated.
Ordinary football fans fled the streets when violence first broke out earlier in the evening, with troublemakers even launching empty glass bottles at families with children, according to Le Figaro, which reported that scenes of vandalism and looting broke out including a kiosk set alight and the destruction of numerous cars.
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“Hahaha. Enjoy your multicultural diversity.”
Just like we’re enjoying ours. The Europeans don’t yet realize the permanent world of hurt they bought themselves by opening their doors to the invaders.
Tell that to the newspapers and police covering it.
They call it a “riot”
It certainly wasn’t and couldn’t be described as a “parade”
The Rose Bowl parade it wasn’t.
But, hey by Philadelphia standards maybe it wasn’t a riot, just another day in “sunny Philadelphia”
“I’m coming to you baby? I’m coming!”
(snicker, snicker)
Point me to a link where the police said it was a riot. In the meantime, glad to know you trust the media more than people who were actually there.
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