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Jun
30
2023
By The African Mirror
France unrest: Riots spread, thousands march in memory of shot teenager

France unrest: Riots spread, thousands march in memory of shot teenager

WORLD
LAYLI FOROUDI and NOEMIE OLIVE PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron fought to contain a mounting crisis as unrest erupted for a third day over the deadly police shooting of a teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent during a traffic stop in a Paris suburb. Forty thousand police officers were to deploy across France -- nearly four times the numbers mobilised on Wednesday -- but there were few signs that government appeals to de-escalation in the violence would quell the widespread anger. In Nanterre, the working-class town on the western outskirts of Paris where 17-year-old Nahel M. was shot dead on Tuesday, protesters…
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Jun
29
2023
By LAYLI FOROUDI and JULIETTE JABKHIRO
Paris police shooting:  Macron deplores ‘inexcusable’  killing of teenager

Paris police shooting:  Macron deplores ‘inexcusable’  killing of teenager

WORLD
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron called the shooting dead of a 17-year-old by police during a traffic stop near Paris "inexcusable" in a rare criticism of law-enforcement hours after the incident triggered unrest. A police officer is being investigated for voluntary homicide for shooting the youth, who was of North African origin. Prosecutors say he failed to comply with an order to stop his car early on Monday. The interior ministry called for calm after at least 31 were arrested in overnight clashes, mainly in the Paris suburb of Nanterre where the victim lived, with youths burning cars and shooting fireworks at police,…
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Dec
24
2020
By The African Mirror
Ohio officer relieved of duty after second fatal police shooting of Black man

Ohio officer relieved of duty after second fatal police shooting of Black man

WORLD
POLICE in Columbus, Ohio, in the US, have relieved an officer of duty after fatally shooting an unarmed Black man, the city's second law enforcement shooting death of a Black man in the past month. The latest incident unfolded in the early hours of Tuesday after officers responded to a non-emergency complaint about a man turning a car on and off for an extended period, Columbus police said in a statement. Shortly after the officers arrived, a man who had been inside a garage approached them on foot with his left hand holding a cell phone and his right hand…
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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Two dead as gunfire erupts at Wisconsin protests over shooting of Black man

Two dead as gunfire erupts at Wisconsin protests over shooting of Black man

WORLD
BRENDAN McDERMID and STEPHEN MATUREN Two people died and a third was wounded after street protests over the police shooting of a Black man erupted into gun violence late Tuesday and early Wednesday in Kenosha, Wisconsin, police said. The Lake Michigan city of about 100,000 has been rocked by civil unrest since Sunday, when police shot Jacob Blake, 29, in the back at point-blank range. The incident, captured on video, has reignited protests over racism and police use of force in the United States. The third straight night of protests, which coincided with the second night of the Republican National…
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