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| Crisis talks over gang attacks on police (France) |
| 2006-10-17 |
| The French government yesterday held crisis talks with community leaders in an effort to halt mounting violence in suburbs around Paris, amid news that gangs of youths, mainly of North African descent, were intensifying attacks on police. Send in a batallion of Texas Rangers with the right ROE's and the problem would be solved in a week. Appeasement never solved anything as the escalating violence shows. Dominique de Villepin, the prime minister "toughen up"...What does that mean? Counseling? His announcement followed a series of violent incidents over the past weeks, culminating in the ambush of three police officers on Friday by youths in Epinay-sur-Seine, north of Paris. The next time they will not be so lucky. "These guys came to kill. They wore balaclavas, and had baseball bats and iron bars," said Joaquin Masanet, the general secretary of the powerful UNSA police union. Ya think? Flush the toilet...all the way to North Africa. The three officers from the anti-crime brigade, BAC, entered the Orgemont housing estate after an anonymous caller reported a violent car theft. Once inside, their exit was barred and they were set upon by around 50 youths, who pelted the men with stones. Iron bars smashed their windscreen. They tried to reverse, but a second vehicle boxed them in. How many cars, homes, and offices need to be burned? How many citizens and police officers need to injured or killed? The criminals fled only after the officers fired live ammunition into the air and police reinforcements arrived. Fled? Somebody needs to go medieval on these cockroaches. That is the only thing they understand. One of the officers, Christophe Estève, 30, had two teeth knocked out and needed 30 stitches in his jaw. He was discharged from hospital yesterday. Coming soon to a theater near you...if we don't mitigate now. |
| Posted by:anymouse |
#3 The French government yesterday held crisis talks with community leadersSurrender negotiations. |
| Posted by: JSU 2006-10-17 23:23 |
| #2 Too bad they don't get more time at the target range. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-10-17 18:18 |
| #1 The criminals fled only after the officers fired live ammunition into the air and police reinforcements arrived. If that's the one, and I think it is, there was an actual exchange of shots; IIUC, the wounded police officer was chased into a building entrance by a mob, got cornered, and shot his service pistol in the air to scare them off (I know what you're thinking, me too...); from there, shots were fired at the police by a/some Youth(s?), the BAC guys responded by firing back, which caused the attackers to flee. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-10-17 18:04 |