As we learned yesterday, 40,000 extra police officers were unable to quell the riots that are currently upending the streets of Paris and other locations around France. Cars and buildings have been going up in flames and the French people are in an uproar after police officers shot and killed an Algerian teenage motorist on Tuesday. Thousands of people have been arrested or detained as a result. So what has the French President had to say about all of this mayhem? Well, as you might expect, Emmanuel Macron is blaming just about anyone but himself. While pointing out the large number of “young or very young” people involved in the riots, Macron blamed parents for not keeping their children home at night. He also implied that the kids are imitating violent video games that have infected their minds. And some of the crackdowns he’s ordering are highly alarming, as we’ll see in a moment. (Australian Broadcasting)Read More
Here’s what Macron is blaming the riots on
