The French government on Wednesday defended the arrest of a teenage boy in the middle of class over claims of bullying a transgender classmate, a rare move that angered many pupils and parents despite widespread support for a crackdown on harassment.The controversy comes days after it emerged that education officials had sent a threatening letter to the parents of a boy who had complained of being bullied by classmates for months, saying their public statements complaining about the bullying wer
France is in a period of chaos as protests, rioting and looting have endured for a week following the police killing of a teenager. The young man of North African descent was shot during a traffic stop, and his death has highlighted the mistreatment and discrimination that immigrant families face in the country.
Protests have erupted in dozens of French cities following the fatal shooting of a teenager in a Paris suburb, resulting in riots and widespread destruction. Over 800 people were arrested on Thursday night, and more than 40,000 police officers have been deployed across the country to bring the situation under control.
Rioters ram-raided the home of a Paris suburb mayor, set the car alight and launched fireworks at his wife and young children as they fled during a fifth night of nationwide unrest over Tuesday's police shooting of a teen of North African descent. Vincent Jeanbrun, 39, the centre-right mayor of the southern suburb of L'Hay-les-Roses, was at the town hall when his house was attacked with his wife Melanie and children asleep inside. As Jeanbrun's wife and children, aged 5 and 7, took flight throug