Paris is currently experiencing their first ever George Floyd effect. The festivities broke out following the police shooting of a 17-year-old named Nahel M. during a pursuit. The all-too familiar narrative appears to be unfolding quite nicely: widespread looting, raging fires, riotous protests, and demands for the implicated officer’s head on a platter. Even celebrities are capitalizing on the surge of public outrage with useless and dopey statements. The George Floyd playbook, it seems, remains unchanged.
And of course, no George Floyd moment would be the same without copious amounts of looting.
Just as we’ve seen in the U.S., the left-wing mainstream media in Paris has cemented its narrative: an innocent young man, who did nothing wrong, was cruelly “executed” by law enforcement. They’re continually broadcasting this story, ensuring the public remains in a state of simmering fury.
BBC:
Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic police.
Video circulating on social media shows a police officer pointing a gun at the driver of a car, before a gunshot is heard. The car then crashes to a stop.
The teenager, named as Nahel, died of bullet wounds in the chest despite help from emergency services.
The officer accused of shooting him has been detained on homicide charges.
The shooting triggered a series of protests on Tuesday night in Nanterre, the area just west of Paris where the teenager was killed. Some 31 people were arrested following the disorder.
Nahel is the second person this year in France to have been killed in a police shooting during a traffic stop. Last year, a record 13 people died in this way.
However, as we all know, there’s two sides to every story. In this case, the other side of the story is that the young man was driving recklessly, with no license, and when he was pulled over, he refused to cooperate with police, threatened them, and then sped off.