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A Visual Timeline of the Protests in France A Visual Timeline of the Protests in France
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The fatal shooting of a French teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent by a police officer has set off days of violent protests that have rocked France.The fatal shooting of a French teenager of Algerian and Moroccan descent by a police officer has set off days of violent protests that have rocked France.
In Nanterre, the working-class Paris suburb where the teenager was shot, and across the country from the northern city of Lille to the Mediterranean city of Marseille, demonstrators have burned cars, damaged buildings and even targeted local officials in clashes with the authorities.In Nanterre, the working-class Paris suburb where the teenager was shot, and across the country from the northern city of Lille to the Mediterranean city of Marseille, demonstrators have burned cars, damaged buildings and even targeted local officials in clashes with the authorities.
Here is how the events have unfolded.Here is how the events have unfolded.
Tuesday morningTuesday morning
On June 27 after a French police officer shot an unarmed teenager, French news media, citing anonymous police sources, initially reported that the teenager, driving a yellow Mercedes, had plowed into police officers, leading one of them to shoot.On June 27 after a French police officer shot an unarmed teenager, French news media, citing anonymous police sources, initially reported that the teenager, driving a yellow Mercedes, had plowed into police officers, leading one of them to shoot.
But video soon surfaced on Twitter that seemed to contradict the police. The teenager, the video shows, was stopped by two police officers, one of whom has his gun drawn. As the teenager drives away, a loud bang is heard as an officer appears to shoot within point-blank range in broad daylight.
The police officer who fired the shot later told investigators that he was trying to stop the driver from fleeing and was worried that he or his colleague would be hurt if the driver got away.