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The word banlieue, which is French for "suburb", does not necessarily refer to an environment of social disenfranchisement.Indeed, there exist many wealthy suburbs, such as Neuilly-sur-Seine (the wealthiest commune of France per capita) and Versailles (the former royal capital) outside Paris.
Violent clashes between hundreds of youths and French police in the Paris banlieue of Clichy-sous-Bois began on 27 October 2005 and continued for more than 17 nights. [9] The 2005 Paris suburb riots were triggered by the deaths of two teenagers (of black and Maghrebi descent) allegedly attempting to hide from police in an electrical substation ...
The 2005 French riots was a three-week long period of civil disturbances that took place in the suburbs of Paris and other French cities [4] [5] in October and November 2005. . These riots involved youth in violent attacks, outbreaks of arson of vehicles and public buildin
While civil rights leaders trained activists in nonviolent civil disobedience, they were acutely aware that even non-violent civil disobedience was likely to result in violence as the police state ...
The DHS and FBI had warned of possible vehicle attacks over the holidays. A joint DHS and FBI bulletin released December 6 and a follow up “critical incident note” about a vehicle attack on a ...
A car burns in Strasbourg, France on the night of November 5 as riots spread from the Paris banlieues to other parts of the country.. The Paris Fire Brigade developed an "Urban Violence Plan", inspired by the experience of firefighters in Northern Ireland (Libération, Oct. 29).
(The Center Square) – Members of the violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), continue to expand criminal operations nationwide, including in the midwestern states of Illinois ...
1869: Violent strikes in St Etienne and Aubin 1871: Paris Commune, a radical socialist and revolutionary government that took power in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War and ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. 1880: Violent strikes; 1891–1894: Violent strikes and anarchist terrorism; 1893: Massacre of Italians at Aigues-Mortes