Special units of the French national police — the GIGN (National Gendarmerie Intervention Group), RAID (Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence), and BRI (Research and Intervention Brigade) — have been sent to Nanterre. On Tuesday, a teenager was shot down and killed in Nanterre after he refused to comply with police instructions. News media reported that the … Continue reading France sends extra Riot Police Units to suburbs of Paris