French police clashed with protesters in a second night of violence after the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old delivery driver. Earlier, President Emmanuel Macron called the killing “inexcusable” and pleaded for calm while justice takes its course.
Lawyers say a 17-year-old delivery driver was shot and killed by a police officer in a Paris suburb.
“Nothing justifies the death of a young person,” Macron told reporters in Marseille, calling what happened “inexplicable and inexcusable.” Anger over the killing spawned unrest in multiple towns around Paris. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said 31 people were arrested, 24 police officers injured and 40 cars burned in overnight unrest.
Speaking to Parliament on Wednesday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said, “the shocking images broadcast yesterday show an intervention that clearly appears as not complying with the rules of engagement of our police forces.”is less common in France than in the United States. Tuesday’s death unleashed anger in Nanterre and other towns, including around housing projects where many residents struggle with poverty and discrimination and feel police abuse is under-punished.
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