France mobilizes tens of thousands of police to head off unrest after police fatally shot a teenager

NANTERRE, France (AP) — France mobilized tens of thousands of police officers on Thursday in an effort to head off widespread urban rioting following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that shocked the nation, with commuters rushing home before transport services closed early to avoid being targeted by rioters.

The police officer accused of pulling the trigger on Tuesday was handed a preliminary charge of voluntary homicide after prosecutor Pascal Prache said his initial investigation led him to conclude “the conditions for the legal use of the weapon were not met.” ---More...

For a second day, race riots broke out in some French cities following the police-involved shooting death of an Arab 17-year-old. Rioters started fires in the Paris banlieues, & in Toulouse, where this video was recorded, they threw rocks at firefighters. pic.twitter.com/WRMH8WNi0R

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