What is 2023 French riots?
[[File:Demonstration in Marseille.jpg|thumb|Demonstration in Marseille against police racism 29 June 2023]] [[File:Burning rubbish.jpg|thumb|Rubbish burning in the street of Marseille 29 June 2023]] Riots began in France on 27 June 2023 after the killing of Nahel Merzouk by a [[police officer]] in [[Nanterre]]. Merzouk was a 17-year-old French youth of [[Moroccan Arabic|Moroccan]] and [[Algeria|Algerian]] descent who worked as a pizza delivery boy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-06-28|title=Rugby, livreur, justice…: qui était Nahel, 17 ans, tué par un policier mardi à Nanterre|url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1345932/article/2023-06-28/rugby-livreur-justice-qui-etait-nael-17-ans-tue-par-un-policier-mardi-nanterre|access-date=2023-07-07|website=La Voix du Nord|language=fr}}</ref> He was driving a car and was stopped after being chased.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|date=2023-07-04|title=Why are there riots in France and where are they happening?|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/riots-shake-france-after-police-shoot-teenager-2023-06-29/|access-date=2023-07-07}}</ref> He was shot at close range in the car. A video of the shooting was seen by many people. The traffic police officer said “I’m going to lodge a bullet in your head.” What the video showed was not what [[The Police|the police]] said had happened.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lair|first=Noémie|date=2023-06-28|title=Adolescent tué à Nanterre : ce que l'on sait de la vidéo qui met à mal la version des policiers|url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/adolescent-tue-a-nanterre-ce-que-l-on-sait-de-la-video-qui-met-a-mal-la-version-des-policiers-1888941|access-date=2023-07-07|website=France Inter|language=fr}}</ref> The police officer was arrested. <ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-06-28|title=Adolescent tué par un policier à Nanterre : l’agent en garde à vue, nuit de colère et de tension dans les Hauts-de-Seine|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/06/28/nanterre-un-policier-en-garde-a-vue-apres-la-mort-d-un-mineur