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Ravers Clash With Police After Rave Ban
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nitrous_N2O a répondu le Mon 12 Dec, 2005 @ 4:38pm |
 Coolness: 125405 | Ravers clash with French police after party ban
By John Lichfield in Paris Published: 12 December 2005 More than 500 people rioted for 12 hours in the centre of Rennes, the capital of Brittany, to protest at the banning of a rave party. They smashed shop windows, burned dustbins and showered police with paving stones and bottles. Two policemen were hurt and 30 people arrested. Tear gas and water cannon were used to sweep the last of the rioters off the streets just before dawn yesterday. The party, on the fringe of the Transmusicales rock festival, had been authorised by the mayor of Rennes, who provided a field on the edge of the city. The all-night, open-air dance and music event had been banned on Tuesday by Bernadette Malgorn, the prefect - or senior national government administrator - for Brittany. She complained the likely number of teufeurs, or ravers, was a threat to public safety. The violence began on Saturday afternoon when youths marched through Rennes chanting "freedom" and "we want a field". Confrontations with riot police turned into running battles. The violence came a month after riots by young people in poor suburbs of French cities. On this occasion, the rioters were mostly middle-class and from universities in Rennes and other parts of France. The socialist mayor of Rennes, Edmond Hervé, accused the prefect of provoking the violence. "The ban was a mistake and we've suffered the consequences," he said. The field was safe and hosted a rave three years ago, he said. Mme Malgorn said there was "enormous uncertainty" about the possible numbers of ravers. The organisers had promised 10,000 but the authorities calculated 30,000 might turn up. More than 500 people rioted for 12 hours in the centre of Rennes, the capital of Brittany, to protest at the banning of a rave party. They smashed shop windows, burned dustbins and showered police with paving stones and bottles. Two policemen were hurt and 30 people arrested. Tear gas and water cannon were used to sweep the last of the rioters off the streets just before dawn yesterday. The party, on the fringe of the Transmusicales rock festival, had been authorised by the mayor of Rennes, who provided a field on the edge of the city. The all-night, open-air dance and music event had been banned on Tuesday by Bernadette Malgorn, the prefect - or senior national government administrator - for Brittany. She complained the likely number of teufeurs, or ravers, was a threat to public safety. The violence began on Saturday afternoon when youths marched through Rennes chanting "freedom" and "we want a field". Confrontations with riot police turned into running battles. The violence came a month after riots by young people in poor suburbs of French cities. On this occasion, the rioters were mostly middle-class and from universities in Rennes and other parts of France. The socialist mayor of Rennes, Edmond Hervé, accused the prefect of provoking the violence. "The ban was a mistake and we've suffered the consequences," he said. The field was safe and hosted a rave three years ago, he said. Mme Malgorn said there was "enormous uncertainty" about the possible numbers of ravers. The organisers had promised 10,000 but the authorities calculated 30,000 might turn up. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nter a répondu le Mon 12 Dec, 2005 @ 4:44pm |
 Coolness: 92475 | if there's one thing more bawlling then a rave it's a riot, straight up!
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» BA_Baracus a répondu le Mon 12 Dec, 2005 @ 4:50pm |
 Coolness: 121015 | i wonder who was on the bill
ntm!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» nter a répondu le Mon 12 Dec, 2005 @ 5:00pm |
| Coolness: 92475 | prolly DEVIL KID |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey a répondu le Mon 12 Dec, 2005 @ 9:28pm |
 Coolness: 102745 | The history lesson for today is..
a) any form of goverment is apprehensive about mass gathering of people b) the internet is a good medium to organize a protest. c) the french youths are trying to surpass the French Revolution of 1789 |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo a répondu le Mon 12 Dec, 2005 @ 10:36pm |
 Coolness: 146305 | i'd rather say...
a) any form of authority, at any level, is apprehensive about unknown things (like human's instinct, as authorities are gatherings of humans) b) the protest wasn't organized by the internet but was just a group of people who were settling at and/or going to the rave c) the french people has always spoken its mind in the streets (or at least, significantly since 1789), and it's not something which is looking like it's gonna change soon |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nitrous_N2O a répondu le Tue 13 Dec, 2005 @ 12:32pm |
| Coolness: 125405 | Originally posted by NTER...
if there's one thing more bawlling then a rave it's a riot, straight up! Ahah good 1 |
Ravers Clash With Police After Rave Ban
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