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"Youths" Rioting, Burning Police Cars Again In Paris

No word on their religion. We're thinking they might be Quakers:

Dozens of hooded youths battered two police vehicles with metal bars, set fire to more than a dozen parked cars and torched a community center in northeast France, officials said Friday. The rampage in a tough neighborhood in Saint-Dizier, about 120 miles east of Paris, revived memories of a wave of car burnings, vandalism and clashes with police in 2005 fanned by feelings of alienation among French youths of Arab and African origin. Authorities were not sure what sparked the violence by 30-40 youths late Thursday. The trouble began when firefighters escorted by police entered the Vert-Bois neighborhood in response to a fire alarm. Two injuries were reported. A police officer was treated for cuts from broken glass, and a firefighter was struck in the arm with a metal bar... The youths fled the scene and no arrests were made, officials said.

No arrests? That'll show em. French officials, by the by, speculate that the mysterious (perhaps atheist?) "youths" have been driven to violent rioting by unemployment. Obviously.

References:
* Officials: French youths riot, attack police cars [MSNBC]

Previously:
* French "Youths" Of Indeterminate Religion Viciously Beat Jewish Woman, Scream Anti-Semitic Slogans
* France - How Did It Come To This?
* AP Identifies Root of Muslim Violence in France: Non-Muslims!

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers

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