When I submitted my analysis of the latest French social crisis - the atrocious police killing of Nahel during a routine stop, and the fierce, unjustified rioting that followed - there were two important matters I did not know about.
I heard later about the vile attack on the home and family of an entirely blameless mayor in L'Haye-les-Roses. And later still about the utterly repugnant crowdfunding whipround for the family of a certain Florian, the police officer who killed Nahel Merzouk.
Nahel's photo, released by his mother. Described by Wikipedia as fair use
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