As violence appeared to be slowing down on the sixth night, 45000 police and security personnel were deployed in France Sunday night. Also prowling the streets of Lyon and other cities were local patriot militias. A firefighter, age 24, passed away. A right-wing TV show raised more than €1 million for the police who shot Nahel M, a 17-year-old.
Sunday night saw 157 arrests, compared to 719 on Saturday night, 994 on Friday night, and 1311 on Thursday night. Dorian Damelincourt, 24, a firefighter from Saint-Denis, passed away while battling a car fire in an underground parking garage. A total of 352 fires were reported, of which 34 buildings and 297 automobiles were burned. According to reports, three police officers were hurt.
Approximately 5,000 vehicles were burned, nearly 1,000 structures were damaged, 250 police stations were attacked, and more than 700 police officers were hurt after five nights of rioting, according to the Interior Ministry. Since Tuesday, 3,200 people have been detained due to the rioting.
The General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGNP) refuted claims made by Nahel’s accomplice Fouad and the mainstream media that the police officer who fatally shot Nahel M. on June 27 had threatened to “shoot him in the head.” According to Valeurs Actuelles, the officers had instead told Nahel to shut off the engine and place his hands behind his head.
Conservative CNews analyst Jean Messiha helped Florian M., the officer responsible for Nahel M.’s death, by raising €1 million in 4 days from 42.220 donors on GoFundMe. While shamefully accusing his own cop, who nearly got ran over by the young man, of “voluntary killing,” the minister of justice advised against the “instrumentalization” of the contribution.
Father Francis Palle, a 79-year-old priest from St. Etienne, was attacked by two young men on Thursday and had to be hospitalized with bruises after being robbed of his wallet and cell phone. Since he wasn’t wearing his robe at the time of the incident, the Diocese denied any involvement with the rioting or his priesthood.
Across France, citizens gathered outside town halls Monday at 1 pm to protest the riots and the attack on the family of the mayor of Paris suburb L’Haÿ-les-Roses.
In Lyon, patriots patrolled the streets chanting, “Blue, white, red: France belongs to the French!”
