2005 civil unrest in France

2005 civil unrest in France

The 2005 civil unrest in France was a series of riots in October and November. Many cars and public buildings, for example schools were burnt. The riots started on October 25, 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris. Afterwards they spread to other parts of France. Together they lasted for about 3 weeks. The riots were a reaction to the accidental deaths of two teenage boys and the serious injuries of another. The three boys hid in a power substation and got an electric shock, after being chased by police. However the boys did not commit a crime.

A burning car in Strasbourg

The event starting the riotsEdit

The New York Times said the event started at 17:20 on 27 October 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois. They said they know this from a police report. The police were called to a construction site, because of a burglary. Three teenagers thought they were being chased by the police, so they climed a fence of a power substation. This was because the feared long questioning by the police. Another 6 teenagers were caught by the police for questioning by 17:50. At 18:12 at the local police station in Livry-Gargan the lights went out because of a blackout. This black-out was caused by the death of Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré in the power station and the injury of the third boy.

There is a controversy, if the boys were chased by police. The local prosecutor and Nicholas Sarkozy, who was minister of interior at that time said no. But the newspaper The Australian, who asked some of his friends, said yes.

Before this event there had been in issues with unemployment and police brutality in this town. But after this event mobs of protesters gathered. The Associated Press quoted a protester with "People are joining together to say we've had enough. We live in ghettos. Everyone lives in fear."

StatisticsEdit

Statistics by nightEdit

day Number of cars burned arrests places with riots sources
1. Friday October 28, 2005 NA 27 Clichy-sous-Bois [2]
2. Saturday October 29, 2005 29 14 Clichy-sous-Bois [3]
3. Sunday October 30, 2005 30 19 Clichy-sous-Bois [4]
4. Monday October 31, 2005 NA NA Clichy-sous-Bois, Montfermeil  
5. Tuesday November 1, 2005 69 NA Seine-Saint-Denis [5]
6. Wednesday November 2, 2005 40 NA Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne Val-d’Oise, Hauts-de-Seine  
7. Thursday November 3, 2005 315 29 Île-de-France, Dijon, Rouen, Bouches-du-Rhône [6]
8. Friday November 4, 2005 596 78 Île-de-France, Dijon, Rouen, Marseille [6][7]
9. Saturday November 5, 2005 897 253 Île-de-France, Rouen, Dijon, Marseille, Évreux, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Hem, Strasbourg, Rennes, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Pau, Lille [8][9]
10. Sunday November 6, 2005 1,295 312 Île-de-France, Nord, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Haute-Garonne, Loire-Atlantique, Essonne. [8]
11. Monday November 7, 2005 1,408 395 274 towns in total. Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. [10][11][12]
12. Tuesday November 8, 2005 1,173 330 Paris region, Lille, Auxerre, Toulouse, Grand Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté [13][14][15]
13. Wednesday 9 November 2005 617 280 116 towns in total. Paris region, Toulouse, Rhône, Gironde, Arras, Grasse, Dole, Bassens [16][17][18]
14. Thursday November 10, 2005 482 203 Toulouse, Belfort [19][20]

[21]

15. Friday November 11, 2005 463 201 Toulouse, Lille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Marseille [22]
16. Saturday November 12, 2005 502 206 NA [23]
17. Sunday November 13, 2005 374 212 Lyon, Toulouse, Carpentras, Dunkirk, Amiens, Grenoble  
18. Monday November 14, 2005 284 115 Toulouse, Faches-Thumesnil, Halluin, Grenoble [24]
19. Tuesday November 15, 2005 215 71 Saint-Chamond, Bourges [25]

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20. Wednesday November 16, 2005 163 50 Paris region, Arras, Brest, Vitry-le-François, Romans-sur-Isère [27][28]
TOTAL 20 nights 8,973 2,888    

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "France PM: Curfews to stem riots".
  2. ↑ "Breaking News, World News & Multimedia". www.nytimes.com.
  3. ↑ https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051029/wl_afp/franceriotpolice[dead link]
  4. ↑ Burke, Jason (30 October 2005). "Fires of 'civil war' erupt in Paris" – via www.theguardian.com.
  5. ↑ "Riots Plague Paris Suburbs for Sixth Night | Fox News".
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Actualités en temps réel Le Nouvel Observateur
  7. ↑ "French riots spread beyond Paris". 4 November 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "1 295 véhicules ont brûlé cette nuit".
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2008-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ Actualités en temps réel[permanent dead link] Le Nouvel Observateur
  11. ↑ "AJE - Al Jazeera English".
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2008-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ↑ "Une nuit marquée nombreuses violences surtout en province".
  14. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2017-08-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "Business News & Financial News - Reuters". U.S.
  16. ↑ "Banlieues en crise : baisse sensible des violences, premiers couvre-feux". Le Monde. 9 November 2005.
  17. ↑ "Unrest flares amid the curfews". Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2005.
  18. ↑ "Xinhua – English". Xinhua News Agency. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  19. ↑ "Curfew for riot-hit French towns". 10 November 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  20. ↑ http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-10T073440Z_01_HO756911_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FRANCE-RIOTS1.xml&archived=False[permanent dead link]
  21. ↑ "La nuit du 9 au 10 novembre".
  22. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-26. Retrieved 2008-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  23. ↑ "Incidents pour la seizième nuit consécutive en France, la police en alerte".
  24. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2005-11-02. Retrieved 2008-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  25. ↑ "Unruhen flauen weiter ab ( NZZ Online)". Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2008-10-14.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  26. ↑ "Le retour au calme semble se confirmer dans les banlieues".
  27. ↑ "La tendance à l'apaisement se confirme".
  28. ↑ "Erneut Nacht der Zerstörungen in Frankreich ( NZZ Online)".
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