– Last night a milestone was reached in horror and disgrace. My home was attacked, and my family was the victim of an assassination attempt. That’s what the mayor of the suburb of L’Haÿ-les-Roses in Paris, Vincent Jeanbrun, wrote on Twitter. Demonstrators are said to have driven a car into his residence, before setting the car on fire. Both Jeanbrun’s wife and one of the children are said to be injured. The police station and town hall in L’Haÿ-les-Roses are also to be attacked tonight. Public vandalism Demonstrations around the country are characterized by looting, vandalism, violence, fireworks and fires. 45,000 police officers have been deployed around French cities to quell the unrest. The unrest has spread to Roubaix, in the north of France, where a building has been set on fire. Photo: PASCAL ROSSIGNOL / Reuters This is the fifth day that people have taken to the streets. The whole thing was triggered by the fact that a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest and killed by the police in connection with a traffic control, where he was caught driving without a driver’s license. Third murder of its kind The demonstrators are asking for justice for the 17-year-old, and blame the judiciary for being racist. This is the third time the police have shot and killed a person who has not stopped for the police this year. The majority of victims since 2017 have either been black or of Arab origin. This is shown by a count made by the Reuters news agency. “Down with the racial state” and “get rid of white privilege” are the pleas of the demonstrators. Photo: PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP Racism in the judiciary On Friday, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, told France to deal with racism in the country. – We are troubled by the murder of a 17-year-old of North African origin in France. This is the time for the country to address the problem they have with deep racism and discrimination in the judiciary, she said. According to a survey carried out by African and Afro-Caribbean associations in France, 9 out of 10 blacks feel that they are victims of racist discrimination in France. President Macron has asked Snapchat and TikTok for the names of people who organize violence on their services. Photo: JUAN MEDINA / Reuters Very young protesters The police arrested at least 719 last night, while over 1,300 were arrested overnight to Saturday. Many of them are said to be very young, and children as young as 12 have been arrested. President Emmanuel Macron believes that social media play an important role in organizing the riots. He has publicly gone out and asked parents to look after their children and keep them at home. Macron has been in several crisis meetings in recent days, and had to cancel a state visit to Germany as a result of the unrest. Photo: Yves Herman / AP Høyr also:
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