The boy, Nahel, was shot dead during a traffic stop Tuesday morning in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.
Footage of the incident filmed by a bystander showed two officers standing on the driver's side of the car, one of whom fired his gun at the driver despite not appearing to be in any immediate danger.
Ahead of an expected night of unrest, France deployed nearly 40,000 officers Thursday and sent its elite police force, the RAID, to the cities of Bordeaux, Lyon, Roubaix, Marseille and Lille to help contain the protests, which saw 875 people arrested across the country, the Interior Ministry announced Friday morning. Officials said 249 police officers and gendarmes were injured.
Near the site of a pitched battle with police, a smattering of dug-up bricks, tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and metal barriers remain splayed about. Authorities in Marseille banned protests Friday citing a "risk for public order." People who ignore the order can be subject to arrest. The French president called for calm and asked parents to take responsibility for their children amid the unrest. He said the situation is "unacceptable" and "unjustifiable, especially when the violence is targeting public building."
If Macron's government is to address allegations of institutional racism in response to Nahel's death, it will be a tough balancing act.Race and discrimination are always tricky political issues, but in France they are particularly challenging due to the country's unique brand of secularism, which seeks to ensure equality for all by removing markers of difference, rendering all citizens French first.
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