France’s Riots Intensify & Accused Student Wins in Court | 10.7.26

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Riot police clash with protestors in France as thousands of schools are forced to shutter.

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It's an absolute disgrace what you're seeing in France. And it is a nightmare vision of Europe's future as a whole.

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The riots have continued to escalate in France with thousands of new arrests. The violence that has come primarily out of migrant communities has given fresh momentum to right-wing candidates as the country heads towards a presidential election.

Georgia Howe (3:07)

Daily Wire culture reporter Megan Basham is here now with the latest. So Megan, before we get into the political context here, on Monday, we did a story covering the arrests and the mayhem in the streets in Paris. But that of course has only continued to intensify. And frankly, it's really hard to believe some of the footage coming out of this. We're of course going to be playing some of that in the background. What's the latest?

Megan Basham (3:28)

Yeah, Georgia, we are in week three now of these riots. And just looking at some of the totals as a press time, we are now well over 6,000 arrests, most of them minors.

Authorities are also telling us that more than 700 officers have been injured. And as you and John discussed with Bev Turner on Monday, many people are pointing out that while there have been some wider protests going on in France, the arrests in particular are heavily concentrated among these immigrant enclaves. And then this was some footage that independent journalist Enzo Rabui captured. It's of the mayor of the French city Saint Denis. This mayor was born to West African Muslim migrants himself. And you can see him here putting himself in front of the protesters, between them and the police, shouting at the police to stop.