France endured its fifth night of widespread violence this weekend as tens of thousands of police worked to contain protests.
France was thrown into chaos following the deadly shooting of a 17-year-old boy, Nahel Merzouk – a French citizen of North African descent, specifically Moroccan and Algerian, by a police officer during a traffic stop.
After a social media video was released, citizens and others rioted and protested, blaming the police for an undue death.
The footage shows the two policemen standing by the side of the stationary car, with one pointing a weapon at the driver.
The police officer appears to fire at the driver at point-blank range as the car abruptly drives off, advancing a few dozen meters before crashing.
The 17-year-old whose death Tuesday spawned the anger was laid to rest Saturday in a Muslim ceremony in Nanterre, a Paris suburb.
Original article: France In Unrest, Protestors Arrested After Shooting of 17-Yr-Old Muslim
