Riots In France

[BIAD]

My nephew is a Police Officer over there in France and his late-mother told me that
that when eruptions occur in what the BBC calls 'ethnically diverse' suburbs, the Police
take the longest route to get to the scene because they're aware that the gang-land
situations in these communities will lessen the amount of people to deal with.

'...The teenager's death has sparked a wider conversation about the power of the police and the
relationship between the authorities and those from France's suburbs, who feel segregated
from the country's prosperous city centres.

"We have a law and judicial system that protects police officers and it creates a culture of impunity
in France," Nahel's lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, told the BBC World Service's Newshour programme.

But Nahel's mother said she did not blame the police in general, or the system, for the killing - just
the officer who fired the lethal shot that killed her son. The officer accused of killing him said he
had fired because he felt his life was in danger. His lawyer told French radio station RTL that his
client discharged his firearm "in full compliance of the law"...'

BBC:

French Police have been given some very strong powers due to the standards within these communities.
Organised crime is a real problem and with these riots spreading out away from Paris, the UK Journalists
who own property over there have now decided it is important to report on it.