„Man sieht, dass russische Propagandisten versuchen, die Lage in Frankreich für ihre Zwecke zu nutzen und die Spannungen weiter zu verstärken“, stellt Lamberty fest.
Gleichzeitig instrumentalisieren Rechtsextreme die Lage in Frankreich, um Stimmung gegen Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund zu machen.
The government deployed 45,000 police and several armoured vehicles overnight to tackle the worst crisis of President Emmanuel Macron‘s leadership since the Yellow Vest protests.
France‘s interior ministry said that 994 people had been arrested, compared with 875 the previous night, in violence which it said on Twitter was „lower in intensity“.
04:45am: 471 arrested nationwide during Friday night‘s unrest
The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin has announced that 471 Individuals have been arrested so far during the riots on Friday night but that the violence was “much less intense” than previous nights in most areas. Both Marseilles and Lyon were reportedly hotspots for unrest on Friday night.
03:40am: Nahel‘s family asks for their privacy to be respected at the funeral on Saturday
The family of Nahel M. have requested that journalists and the public stay away from the funeral scheduled to take place in Nanterre on Saturday.
French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said Friday that the government was considering „all options“ to restore order, including declaring a state of emergency, after a third night of unrest across the country.
“This is a moment for the country to seriously address the deep issues of racism and discrimination in law enforcement”, she said.
“We also emphasize the importance of peaceful assembly. We call on the authorities to ensure use of force by police to address violent elements in demonstrations always respects the principles of legality, necessity, proportionality, non-discrimination, precaution and accountability.
She called for any allegations of disproportionate use of force by people exercising their rights to protest, to be swiftly investigated.
A number of people took to the streets of Belgium’s capital on Thursday to support protests in France over the police killing of a 17-year-old delivery driver in a Paris suburb, setting vehicles on fire before police intervened and detained some of them
According to local media, a group of young people issued a call on social media in support of the demonstrations in France over the death of the teenager, identified as Nahel M., who was shot and killed by a police officer on Tuesday in Nanterre after failing to stop during a traffic check.
A lawyer representing his family told the French television program “C à Vous” that he had no criminal record. But Pascal Prache, the top prosecutor in Nanterre, said that the teenager had been known to the police for not complying with traffic stops and had been summoned to juvenile court in September for such an incident.
Nahel M. was driving a yellow Mercedes AMG on Tuesday morning. Mr. Prache told a news conference on Thursday that a search of the car did not find any “dangerous” material or illegal drugs.
Auslöser der Ausschreitungen sind tödliche Schüsse eines Polizisten auf einen Jugendlichen nordafrikanischer Abstammung im Pariser Arbeitervorort Nanterre. Eine Motorradstreife hatte den 17-Jährigen am Dienstagmorgen am Steuer eines Autos gestoppt. Als der junge Mann plötzlich anfuhr, fiel der tödliche Schuss aus der Dienstwaffe des Polizisten.
French President Emmanuel Macron called a new government emergency meeting on Friday after a third night of violent clashes between protesters and police in cities including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse and Lille. Forty thousand police officers were deployed in France on Thursday night – nearly four times the number mobilised on Wednesday – and some 421 people were arrested, Le Figaro newspaper said. Protests were sparked by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old on Tuesday that shocked the nation.
Police initially reported that one officer shot at the teenager because he was driving his car at him, but this version of events was contradicted by a video circulating on social media and authenticated by AFP.
The footage shows the two policemen standing by the side of the stationary car, with one pointing a weapon at the driver. A voice is heard saying: „You are going to get a bullet in the head.“
The police officer appears to fire at the driver at point-blank range as the car abruptly drives off, advancing a few dozen metres before crashing.