French President Emmanuel Marcon deployed some 45,000 police on Sunday, July 2, a day after Nahel Merzouk was laid to rest in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, to deal with the ongoing nationwide riots. Merzouk, 17, was shot dead by police during a traffic stop on June 27. Out of the total number, 7,000 were stationed in the […]
The French government said Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old, as police deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities around the country.