(But American elite mainstream media despair still takes the cake.)
Nearly 900 vehicles torched as French rioting rages on:
[…] French newspapers despaired on Saturday at the continued scenes of chaos.'Are the police overwhelmed?' France Soir asked, referring to what it termed the 'genuine guerrilla warfare' faced by officers.
Popular daily Le Parisien said many of those arrested were previously known to police, calling the youths burning cars 'a mix of delinquents, recidivists and 'part time' rioters'.
In contrast, Liberation, said the rioters were inspired by a combination of anger, urban deprivation, unemployment, policing and 'their hatred of Sarkozy'." […] [My ellipses and emphasis]
