During the height of the 'youth' rioting in France over 1,000 vehicles were burned in a single night.
That number has since fallen quite a bit but they still have dozens of cars being torched every night.
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Stephane Fratacci, the ministry's director of public liberties, was arguing against a writ brought before France highest administrative court -- the
State Council -- for the country's month-long state of emergency to be suspended.
The jurists who brought the suit said that the measure was no longer needed as normality had been restored in the poor neighbourhoods where the
rioting broke out on October 27.
But Fratacci said that last Saturday night 79 vehicles were burned, 46 on Sunday and 50 on Monday. And he urged "the greatest caution" ahead of the
end-of-year holidays which regularly see outbursts of violence in suburbs of France's major cities.
I agree that the law should remain in effect.
If they act up again after it expires, they should reinstate it for another couple of months.
[edit on 10-12-2005 by AceOfBase]
