The French rioting was a justified response to austerity and police violence.
Supports
Rioting is the voice of the unheard, and is completely inevitable once a spark of revolt arrives after months and years of austerity, extreme police violence and racism.
Counterfire French school protests turn to riots, and fire guts Limoges's 19th-century city hall ›
Others on this question
“Nothing can explain, nothing can excuse”
“my message is clear: those who share our fight have no business in looting or destruction.”
“It’s the troublemakers who came, and it breaks my heart because it delegitimizes the movement”