First published at 20:27 UTC on July 4th, 2023.
Decoy Voice July 1, 2023: France is going into their fourth night of riots and for some reason the US is largely ignoring it. Even though it has a striking resemblance to the George Floyd and BLM riots in the USA in 2020. But why are the French risi…
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Decoy Voice July 1, 2023: France is going into their fourth night of riots and for some reason the US is largely ignoring it. Even though it has a striking resemblance to the George Floyd and BLM riots in the USA in 2020. But why are the French rising up, or is it the result of outside influence? And why is President Emmanuel Macron going to Elton John concerts, and blaming social media and video games?
Update as of today July 4, 2023:
3500 Arrests
800 Police injuries
269 Police stations attacked
12000 Bin fires set alight on the streets
1100 Buildings damaged
A firefighter has died in France after responding to a blaze in an underground car park, the interior minister has said. Gerald Darmanin said the 24-year-old died in Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris, despite the efforts of his colleagues.
A burning car was driven into the front of the suburban home of Vincent Jeanbrun, the mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses in the early hours of Sunday morning. The police chief reeling from an attack on its mayor's home has told his officers are involved in "a war" against rioters "who are there to kill us".
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced an emergency bill to speed up reconstruction in communities affected by a week of street unrest.
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