France’s migrant neighborhoods are rioting over a youth who nearly ran over a cyclist and pedestrian before being shot and killed by a police officer.
The 17-year-old French-Algerian Nahel M., who was shot and killed by a police officer as the suspect raced away from a traffic stop, reportedly endangered a cyclist and a pedestrian before the shooting. The fact may complicate the subsequent arrest of the decorated police officer in the case, who has been charged with homicide.
The shooting incident has sparked widespread riots across France. As Remix News has reported, the riots are being described as the worst violence France has seen since 2005, with dozens of cars being burned, police stations attacked, and stores looted across France. However, Nahel M. has an extraordinarily long criminal history for a 17-year-old, and in many ways, the officer shooting of Nahel M., who raced away from a traffic stop at high speed, may have prevented Nahel M. from killing someone himself, which he reportedly almost did shortly before being pulled over.