[ssf] Fw: [eulsf] Paris

[Alice Collins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loïc Baron" <baroncool at wanadoo.fr>
To: <eulsf at lists.riseup.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [eulsf] Paris


> Hello,
>
> I live in St-Denis near Paris.
> It's true that some young people here are angry so they burn cars.
> They are not organize at all.
> They are fed up with racisme, social problems and the attitude of Police.
> The beginning of this revolt comes from the death of 2 young men
> and another one who was seriously injured in Clichy sous Bois.
> They wanted to escape from the police who wanted to control their
identity.
> So they hide themselves in an electrical power plant and were
electrocuted.
>
> The minister Nicolas Sarkozy said about the 3 young men that they were
> delinquent
> that's why police was runing after them. Then he said that the young
> people were afraid but the
> police never run after them. So Nicolas Sarkozy lied about the facts to
> protect policemen.
>
> In Clichy sous Bois the young people were angry against the police.
> They began to burn some cars to answer to the police provocations.
> Then the police force launched gases in a mosque.
> In other suburbs the young people heard the story by the media.
> Every nigths they burn some cars or symbols of the state like schools
> but they don't attack people.
> During one week of riots only two people were attacked by the young people
> So it is very little compared with the many burned cars.
> The riots are spreading in others regions of France like : Lille,
> Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nantes, Strasbourg.....
>
> Yesterday, the prime Minister : Dominique de Villepin
> declared the State of Emergency
> It means that police can impose a curfew in some districts and prohibit
> meetings.
> French activists call to a demonstration for tomorrow :
> resignation of sarkozy
> stop of police repression
> social justice
>
> Burning cars is not a solution but i understand the anger.
> That's what i will demonstrate for.
>
> See you, Loïc (LSF St-Denis)
>
>