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I'm surprised nobody is talking about the riots in France given how dramatic the imagery is. You've got rioters throwing grenades, brandishing shotguns, trying to rob a bank and setting police stations on fire.
The triggering incident was the fatal shooting of a black teenager who tried to drive off after the police pulled him over for driving dangerously. Riots are mostly located in Paris but have spread to other cities like Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse, with other incidents in smaller cities. Marseille has also banned public protests and stopped public transport. Iirc the military was called in to prevent a prison break in Paris.
Zemmour is saying it's a race war.
Mostly because it is nothing new there?
Though for obvious use of that: Polish PM account published comparison of the same day in Poland and France (obviously propaganda, but making a good point. Though Poland has large scale migration but at least for now done in reasonable way, but in France/Germany problems also appeared with some delay AFAIK).
https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/artykul/3199995,nie-chcemy-takich-scen-na-polskich-ulicach-premier-mowi-o-bezpieczenstwie-i-publikuje-specjalne-wideo
https://old.reddit.com/r/poland/comments/14nno44/the_prime_minister_of_poland_released_this_video/
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How do these compare to the retirement riots from a few months ago? Is it any of it sort of residual anti-government energy or is it as different a group of rioters as it is an initial cause?
They're far more immediately violent and disorganized from what I've seen.
My French is terrible and I've only talked to English speakers (still mostly French people with good English) here but anecdotally everyone had a strong opinion on Macron, whereas this time around people aren't discussing policy and are just hoping the violence doesn't get worse.
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