many claiming race was a factor in the shooting. 45,000 officers deployed across france as rioters continue to clash with police, set vehicles and property ablaze, and ransack stores. nearly 2,500 arrested so far. this building here, one of so many that s been targeted. you can see it s been completely destroyed. activist amal bentounsi lost her brother amine at the hands of police. she says french officers have a long history of racial bias. why is there so much anger in france right now? [ speaking non-english ] reporter: they see themselves in nahel, she says. it could have been them, it could have been their brothers. prosecutors say the teen was shot after he failed to stop his vehicle when told to do so by police. video of the incident showing two officers at the driver s window. one of them firing as the vehicle moves forward, and the french president canceling a planned state visit to germany. his ministers are also being
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that gives you an idea of the fact that many people do not sympathise with the rioters. they have said to us that those people are destroying their own communities and their own neighbours, and this isjust not their own communities and their own neighbours, and this is just not the right way to demand justice for nahel. but this is notjust about nahel. but this is notjust about nahel. his death has reignited debate about the behaviour of the french police. the united nations on friday said this is a chance for the french police to look at issues of racism within the force. and when things like this happen, normally the government tries to reach out, but that hasn t happened. they have dismissed those comments by the united nations, so many people he had told us they want at least an acknowledgement that a problem exists in the first place, and that the police are guilty of racial profiling and excessive use of force. so until that happens, the anger that many people here feel is not li
translation: last night s riots and burning a school, a town hall, a social centre, that has nothing to do with what happened in nanterre. those responsible for the trouble should now go home. but nobody we spoke to thought the anger had run its course. there is anger at french president emmanuel macron and his government. there is anger at politics in general, but there s also a deep disappointment with the french state and the broken promises that people feel it makes to them. and the government is worried that that deep disappointment might fuel a pattern of nightly riots, and so it is trying to curb the unrest, really on two different ways, and it is walking something of a tight rope between them. on the one hand, it wants to show that it understands the anger people feel towards the police actions that led to nahel s death. on the other, to sticking to an increase tough policing approach violence on the streets, and the atmosphere here today was pretty tense at times, and i thin
ALBAWABA - The killing of the young man, Nahel M, aged 17, sparked riots in cities across France, unleashing riots across France, with massive police
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