[Blaze] While the George Floyd riots may be over in America, they seem to have just started in France."It almost seems like France is experiencing their own ’Summer of Love’ that infamously happened after George Floyd’s death on video went viral," Lauren Chen comments.
French police are under the activists' microscope now after Nahel M, a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent, was shot and killed last week by a police officer. The boy was attempting to flee a traffic stop in a Paris suburb.
In the video of the shooting, police officers are seen pulling Nahel over before he attempts to drive away. One officer is pointing a gun at Nahel and fires as the boy begins to flee.
That officer has been detained on homicide charges as an investigation is conducted.
Riots and protests have since erupted across French cities, with hundreds of cars and buildings being destroyed and looted — and some law enforcement officials are even calling it a civil war.