or african backgrounds out on the streets. being a young north african black or arab male in the estates, is intolerable for police. boys suffer abusive controlled racial profiling. now they are killing them. this is far from the first time this happens. i ve lived in france and i ve covered plenty of riots there. they re rarely as violent as these latest ones, and i ve seen for myself the way the french police deal with them with a ferocity that often shocks a mere anglo saxon. after the major riots of 2005, the police were given the kind of anti riot weapons which are banned in most european countries, and they use them. on average, the french police kill four times as many people as they did only 12 years ago. the gendarmes, as opposed to the ordinary police, are courier soldiers. they re allowed to use armed force more easily than the police are. and there s a lot less political control over policing in france than there is, say, in germany or britain. the police deny t
out on the streets. translation: being a young north african black or arab male in the estates. boys suffer abusive controlled racial profiling. now they are killing them. this is far from the first time this happens. i ve lived in france and i ve covered plenty of riots there. they re rarely as violent as these latest ones, and i ve seen for myself the way the french police deal with them with a ferocity that often shocks a mere anglo saxon. after the major riots of 2005, the police were given the kind of anti riot weapons which are banned in most european countries, and they use them. on average the french police kill four times as many people as they did only 12 years ago. the gendarmes, as opposed to the ordinary police, are courier soldiers. they re allowed to use armed force more easily than the police are. and there s a lot less political control over policing in france than there is, say, in germany or britain. the police deny that there s a culture of racism and br
hello and welcome to the bbc s newsroom here in new broadcasting house in london. this week on unspun, the ferocious riots right across france seems to have died down after the shooting of a 17 year old boy at a police check. in cities and towns, the housing estates and the grim outer suburbs kept far away from the attractive centres have seen people of mostly arab, north african or african backgrounds out on the streets. being a young north african black or arab male in the estates boys suffer abusive controlled racial profiling. now they are killing them. this is far from the first time this happens. i ve lived in france and i ve covered plenty of riots there. they re rarely as violent as these latest ones, and i ve seen for myself the way the french police deal with them with a ferocity that often shocks a mere anglo saxon. after the major riots of 2005, the police were given the kind of anti riot weapons which are banned in most european countries, and they use them. on
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