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Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in riots

Crowds have gathered at town halls across France to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of unrest touched off by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old.

By Associated Press

July 3, 2023

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Crowds across France showed solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following a police shooting.
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Police officers patrol in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Saturday, July 1. President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday scrapped an official trip to Germany after a fourth straight night of rioting and looting across France in defiance of a massive police deployment. Hundreds turned out for the burial of the 17-year-old whose killing by police triggered the unrest.
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Police officers patrol on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Saturday, July 1. President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday scrapped an official trip to Germany after a fourth straight night of rioting and looting across France in defiance of a massive police deployment. Hundreds turned out for the burial of the 17-year-old whose killing by police triggered the unrest.
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A graffiti reads "Justice for Nahel" on a wall Sunday, July 2, in Paris suburb Nanterre. A monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II in Nanterre was still defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute to Nahel. Vandals painted anti-police slogans including "Police scum from Saint-Soline to Nanterre," "Don't forget or forgive," and "Police, rapists, assassins."
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A graffiti reads "Without video, Nahel would be a statistic for the Interior Ministry" on a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistanceSunday, July 2, in Paris suburb Nanterre. The monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II was still defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute to Nahel. Vandals painted anti-police slogans including "Police scum from Saint-Soline to Nanterre," "Don't forget or forgive," and "Police, rapists, assassins."
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A graffiti reading "Police scum from Saint-Soline to Nanterre - do not forget or forgive" on a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance memorial, Sunday, July 2, in Paris suburb Nanterre. In Nanterre, a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II was defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute after the police killing of a teenager.
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A graffiti reading "Police, rapists, assassins" on a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance memorial, Sunday, July 2, in Paris suburb Nanterre. In Nanterre, a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II was defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute after the police killing of a teenager.
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A graffiti reading "Police scum from Saint-Soline to Nanterre - do not forget or forgive" on a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance memorial, Sunday, July 2, in Paris suburb Nanterre. In Nanterre, a monument commemorating Holocaust victims and members of the French resistance during World War II was defaced with graffiti Sunday, after it has been vandalized Thursday on the margins of a silent march to pay tribute after the police killing of a teenager.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, left, and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire attend a government emergency meeting at the emergency crisis center of the Interior Ministry in Paris, Sunday, July 2, after a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting and looting across the nation.
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Residents gather in front of the city hall Monday, July 3, in Mons-en-Baroeul, northern France, in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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Residents applaud a speech during a gathering in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home, Monday July 3, in Bidart, southwestern France. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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Mayor Emmanuel Alzury, second right, speaks during a gathering in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home, Monday July 3, in Bidart, southwestern France. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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Residents listen to a speech during a gathering in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home, Monday July 3, in Bidart, southwestern France. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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People gather in front of the city hall Monday, July 3, in Lyon, central France, in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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People gather in front of the city hall Monday, July 3, in Lyon, central France, in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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People gather in front of the city hall Monday, July 3, in Lyon, central France, in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.
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Nanterre mayor Patrick Jarry speaks outside the city hall Monday, July 3, in Paris suburb Nanterre, during a rally in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home. Unrest across France sparked by the police shooting of a 17-year-old appeared to slow on its sixth night, but still public buildings, cars and municipal trash cans were targeted nationwide by fires and vandalism overnight into Monday.

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