"France's Social Tensions Ignite Riots Following Teen's Police Shooting"

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"France's Social Tensions Ignite Riots Following Teen's Police Shooting"
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French President Emmanuel Macron has accused protesters of exploiting the death of a teenager shot by police, urging parents to keep rioting children at home and social media platforms to remove certain content. Three nights of unrest have rocked France after the killing of 17-year-old Nahel M, with over 915 arrests made on Thursday night alone. Macron condemned the violence and called it an "unacceptable exploitation of the adolescent's death." The government announced the deployment of 45,000 police officers to contain further violence. The officer who fired the fatal shot has been charged with voluntary homicide, reigniting debate around French policing and raising questions of racism in the force.

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