In more underreported news, rioting in Paris goes over the top and is downright scary. The AP reports:
Rampaging youths rioted for a second night in Paris' suburbs, firing at officers and ramming burning cars into buildings. At least 77 officers were injured, a senior police union official said Tuesday.
The overnight violence was more intense than during three weeks of rioting in 2005, said the official, Patrice Ribeiro. He said that "genuine urban guerillas with conventional weapons and hunting weapons" were among the rioters.
The riots were triggered by the deaths of two teens killed in a crash with a police patrol car on Sunday in Villiers-le-Bel, a blue-collar town in Paris' northern suburbs.
Residents claimed that officers left the crash scene without helping the teens, whose motorbike collided with the car. Officials cast doubt on the claim, but the internal police oversight agency was investigating.
Rioting first erupted in Villiers-le-Bel on Sunday night. It grew worse and spread Monday night to other towns north of Paris. Rioters hurled stones and petrol bombs at police, authorities said.
But the two teenagers were by no means innocent victims. Gateway Pundit tells us more about them: "Riots broke out in Paris last night after two "youths" were killed when they collided with a police car... on their stolen moped."
The Van Der Galien Gazette chimes in: "In case you're wondering whether the two youths who died had done something wrong: yes. They didn't wear helmets and they stole the moped."
And what of the rioters? Bloggers agree that these are not simply hormonal and immature "youths" (dear alma mater). Van Der Galien calls them "street terrorists." Little Green Footballs refers to it as the "French Intifada Flare-Up," and Nidra Poller at Pajamas Media calls it "punk jihad," noting that "the insurgents are using firebombs, iron rods, baseball bats, and firing buckshot. Journalists are attacked, their cameras are stolen." More on this from Redstate.
What is it about the youth of Paris? Michelle Malkin has flashbacks to similar events and Gateway Pundit has photos of the creepy mobsters.
These kids are not alright.
