emma tucker, editor in chief of the wall streetjournal, thank you so much for coming on the programme. now we re going to turn to france, where earlier this month the country was gripped by riots. the starting point was the fatal shooting of 17 year old nahel m by a policeman in a traffic stop in a suburb of paris. in the violence that followed, thousands were arrested shops were looted and vehicles set alight across the country. we are in a tourist hotspot and, as you can see, riot police are everywhere around. this is not the face of france that emmanuel macron wants you to see. that was katia adler who we were taught will talk to in a moment. the n60 reporters without borders says at least 18 journalists were attacked during the protest and rioting. a freelance covering protests in the city needed stitches after being hit with a crowbar. and hundreds of police had been injured.
the evening, the day that nahel m was killed. you re standing in front of a police van and talking about the violence that has started. boris, just tell me a bit about what happened when you first tried to report from that scene because i understand. you said earlier it was difficult forjournalists i understand people were telling you that you should leave. young people from the nanterre neighbourhood tell us that the only way to appear in the media is to burn everything. burning police stations,
shooting of 17 year old nahel m by a policeman in a suburb of paris. in the violence that followed, thousands were arrested and shops were looted and vehicle satellite. we are in a tourist hotspot and as you can see, right police are everywhere around. this is not the face of france that emmanuel macron wants you to see. the n60 reporters without borders says at least 18 journalists were attacked during the protest and rioting. a freelance covering protests in the city needed stitches after being hit with a crowbar. and hundreds of police had been injured. let s find out what it has been like for journalists.
threatened, we were. just by raising a mobile phone and filming. people were shouting at us, where were you before nahel? the press and authorities only look when something happens, that is a big question. many people we spoke to in those suburbs and from nahel s family, the cases getting so much attention from the press and the authorities responding is because it was filmed on mobile phones from several different angles, which means that the policeman who shot nahel initially he said he thought his life in the life of another police colleague was in danger. that was shown from phone footage to be absolutely not the case. but then in the suburbs, they will say to you, there are many nahels but their deaths, they discover nation, the racial profiling they say they face every single day is not recorded and read the press
fighting terrorist operations. - many fireworks were fired at the police. . many cars were set on fire. and lots of businesses and shops looted. - and police stations, the same. the mayor was attacked by two pe0ple~ - an incredible situation for it is very difficult . forjournalists in france to cover these riots. i let s have a listen to a clip of you reporting on tuesday the evening, the day that nahel m was killed.