The Dealers Did It

[Khandro]

'It wasn’t president Macron who brought six days of rioting in France to an end, nor the brave bands of mothers who called for calm in some of the inner-city estates. It wasn’t even the presence of 45,000 police and gendarmes on the streets that persuaded the rioters, arsonists, vandals and looters to stand down. Instead, it seems that it was the drug gangs who decided enough is enough. Having so many boys in blue patrolling the streets was bad for business and so gang leaders exerted their influence and ordered the young hoodlums back to their bedrooms.

That, at least, was the news broken to Macron at the start of this week when he dropped by a police station in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Pressing the flesh with his worn-out police officers, Macron asked: ‘But these kids, who do they listen to?’ Back came the response: ‘The dealers, Monsieur le President’.

It was a brutal reality check for the president of the Republic, and an embarrassing one given that it was widely picked up the French press.'

Nothing is ever what it seems.

[bednobs]

probably not quite as embarrassing as when there were riots in london in 2011 following that police shooting - they stopped because it rained - our rioters couldnt be bothered to get wet!

[Khandro]

I remember also there were formidable looking Sikhs sitting outside their shops with swords! not one was attacked.

[sp1814]

Khandro

Please indicate where you cut and pasted that quote from.

[scorpiojo]

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/who-really-helped-end-the-french-riots/#:~:text=Pressing%20the%20flesh%20with%20his,picked%20up%20the%20French%20press.

[sp1814]

Thanks scorpiojo - how did you do that?!

Khandro...interesting opinion piece.

[scorpiojo]

Hi sp,
I copied from "But these kids" etc , then searched it.

[sp1814]

Ah...a reverse lookup. Good work Poirot!

[nicebloke1]

Looks like then the looters have enough cash to pay for their drugs. Until the next time.

[bazwillrun]

"probably not quite as embarrassing as when there were riots in london in 2011 following that police shooting - they stopped because it rained - our rioters couldnt be bothered to get wet!"

and because those scum found they couldnt get the fires to start....

[douglas9401]

Imagine if they'd already legalised drugs, the Eiffel Tower might now be in some scrapyard waiting to be exported to China. :-P

[rowanwitch]

It happens, we had problems with feral kids attracting too much attention from the police, the dealers put the word out that they would take action. Problem sorted. If it impacts on their bottom line they deal with it.

[douglas9401]

Hence the job title?

[fender62]

doubt it was dealers more like parents who have had enough, watching there neighborhoods burning, and local muscle, not to mention business owners, and basically people have had enough.