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| date = 27 June 2023 – present ({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=6|day1=27|year1=2023}})
| casualties_label = Casualties, arrests, and damages
| arrests = 2,400+<ref name="APNewsInfo">{{Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/france-riots-police-killing-nahel-f9fac88ddc7af57b7686ddeac6827641 |title=Macron scraps trip amid rioting across France, as loved ones bury teen slain by police |date=30 June 2023 |last1=Anna |first1=Cara |last2=Charlton |first2=Angela |last3=Joly |first3=Lewis |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701063913/https://apnews.com/article/france-riots-police-killing-nahel-f9fac88ddc7af57b7686ddeac6827641 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| injuries = 522 officers<ref name="CNNInfo">{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/world/france-protests-arrests-hundreds-intl-hnk/index.html |title=Funeral held for French teenager after more than 1,300 detained in fourth night of protests |date=1 July 2023 |last1=Xu |first1=Xiaofei |last2=Brennan |first2=Eve |last3=Otto |first3=Claudia |last4=Kappeler |first4=Inke |last5=Tanno |first5=Sophie |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701060510/https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/01/world/france-protests-arrests-hundreds-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| place = [[France]] ({{small|[[Metropolitan France|Metropolitian]] and [[Overseas France|territories]]}})<br/>[[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]<br/>[[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]]
| causes = [[Killing of Nahel Merzouk]]
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| fatalities = 1 confirmed<!--Do not add information about who died--><ref>{{Cite news |date=30 June 2023 |title=Un homme décède en Guyane en marge des émeutes déclenchées par la mort de Nahel |trans-title=A man dies in Guyana on the sidelines of the riots triggered by the death of Nahel |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/faits-divers/article/mort-de-nahel-en-guyane-un-homme-decede-en-marge-des-emeutes_220007.html |access-date=30 June 2023 |work=[[Huffington Post|Le HuffPost]] |language=fr |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630202950/https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/faits-divers/article/mort-de-nahel-en-guyane-un-homme-decede-en-marge-des-emeutes_220007.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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4000+ vehicles
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A series of ongoing civil disturbances in France began on 27 June 2023 following the [[killing of Nahel Merzouk]]. In [[Nanterre]], residents started a protest outside the police headquarters on 27 June, which later escalated into rioting as demonstrators set cars alight, destroyed bus stops, and shot fireworks at police.<ref>{{Cite news |title=France braces for further protests after police kill teenager |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/28/outrage-in-france-after-police-shoot-17-year-old-in-paris-suburb |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=[[Al Jazeera]] |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629214904/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/28/outrage-in-france-after-police-shoot-17-year-old-in-paris-suburb |url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Viry-Châtillon]], just south of Paris, a group of youths reportedly set a bus ablaze.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |last1=Breeden |first1=Aurelien |last2=Méheut |first2=Constant |date=28 June 2023 |title=Anger Flares in France After Police Shoot and Kill Teenage Driver |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/world/europe/france-police-shooting-paris-nanterre.html |access-date=28 June 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630013949/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/world/europe/france-police-shooting-paris-nanterre.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
In [[Mantes-la-Jolie]], a town 40 km northwest of Paris,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rabemanantsoa |first1=Anna |last2=Winsor |first2=Morgan |title=Teenager's death during police traffic stop sparks violent unrest in Paris suburb |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/nanterre-paris-teenager-police-shooting-protests/story?id=100434360 |access-date=29 June 2023 |work=[[ABC News]] |language=en |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629190047/https://abcnews.go.com/International/nanterre-paris-teenager-police-shooting-protests/story?id=100434360 |url-status=live}}</ref> the town hall was set ablaze after being [[firebombed]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mortimer |first=Gavin |date=28 June 2023 |title=France erupts in violence after police shoot dead a teenager |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/france-erupts-in-violence-after-police-shoot-dead-a-teenager/ |access-date=29 June 2023 |work=[[The Spectator]] |language=en-US |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629171139/https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/france-erupts-in-violence-after-police-shoot-dead-a-teenager/ |url-status=live}}</ref> on the night of 27 June, burning until 3:15 (CEST).<ref name=":13" /> Clashes continued throughout the night across France, including [[Toulouse]] and [[Lille]].<ref name=":13" /> Unrest was also reported in [[Asnières-sur-Seine|Asnières]], [[Colombes]], [[Suresnes]], [[Aubervilliers]], [[Clichy-sous-Bois]] and [[Mantes-la-Jolie]].<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |date=27 June 2023 |title=Anger in Paris after police kill teen in traffic stop |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66038227 |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629225242/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66038227 |url-status=live}}</ref>
By 29 June, over 150 people had been arrested,<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Chrisafis |first1=Angelique |last2=Paris |first2=Angelique Chrisafisin |date=29 June 2023 |title=France police shooting: 150 arrests as protests widen over teenager's death |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/france-police-shooting-second-night-of-unrest-as-protests-over-teenagers-death-spread |access-date=29 June 2023 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630033240/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/france-police-shooting-second-night-of-unrest-as-protests-over-teenagers-death-spread |url-status=live}}</ref> 24 officers had been injured, and 40 cars had been torched.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Brudeau |first=Cain |title=Riots, racial tensions erupt in France after fatal police shooting |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/riots-racial-tensions-erupt-in-france-after-fatal-police-shooting/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629201708/https://www.courthousenews.com/riots-racial-tensions-erupt-in-france-after-fatal-police-shooting/ |archive-date=29 June 2023 |access-date=29 June 2023 |website=[[Courthouse News Service]]}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last1=Bisset |first1=Victoria |last2=Suliman |first2=Adela |date=28 June 2023 |title=Protests erupt in Paris after police shoot, kill teen during traffic stop |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/28/france-police-shooting-nanterre-nael/ |access-date=28 June 2023 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> Fearing greater unrest, [[Gérald Darmanin]], [[Minister of the Interior (France)|Interior Minister]] of France, deployed 1,200 riot police and gendarmes in and around Paris, later adding an additional 2,000.<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":14" /><ref name=":9" /> On 29 June, Darmanin announced that the government would deploy 40,000 officers nationwide.<ref>{{Cite news |title=France to deploy 40,000 officers in wake of riot |url=https://www.dw.com/en/france-teen-shooting-riots-live-updates/live-66064274 |access-date=29 June 2023 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630020639/https://www.dw.com/en/france-teen-shooting-riots-live-updates/live-66064274 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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=== Killing of Nahel Merzouk ===
{{Main|Killing of Nahel Merzouk}}
On 27 June 2023, at approximately 7:55 a.m. [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]], two [[Paris Police Prefecture]] officers spotted a [[Mercedes-AMG]] with a Polish registration plate speeding along a bus lane on Boulevard Jacques-Germain-Soufflot in [[Hauts-de-Seine]], [[Île-de-France]] heading towards the [[Nanterre-Université station|Nanterre-Université rail station]]. The officers stopped the driver [[Nahel Merzouk]] who attempted to drive away; one officer fired at him at 8:16. The two passengers in the vehicle fled at 8:19.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/06/29/hour-by-hour-from-a-deadly-traffic-stop-to-the-march-in-memory-of-nahel-m_6039689_7.html |title=Death of Nahel M. in Nanterre: An hour by hour account of how events unfolded |date=29 June 2023 |last1=Lemaignen |first1=Julien |last2=Lefief |first2=Jean-Philippe |work=[[Le Monde]] |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701010027/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/06/29/hour-by-hour-from-a-deadly-traffic-stop-to-the-march-in-memory-of-nahel-m_6039689_7.html |archive-date=1 July 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> Merzouk was pronounced dead at 9:15 a.m.<ref name="CNNInfo"
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In the same speech where Macron denounced the police actions, he also called for protesters to be peaceful.<ref name=":9" /> Macron called upon parents to exercise influence on their children. He was critical of social media promoting videos of the urban conflict and complained of [[violence in video games]] which he said had "intoxicated" some teenagers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crisp |first=James |date=30 June 2023 |title=Teenagers in French riots are copying video games, says Emmanuel Macron |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/30/emmanuel-macron-riots-video-games-teenagers/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630154457/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/30/emmanuel-macron-riots-video-games-teenagers/ |archive-date=30 June 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Interior Ministry urged for calm after the first day of unrest.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news |date=28 June 2023 |title='Unexplainable and inexcusable': Macron lays into police after teen shot dead and Paris riots |language=en-AU |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC News]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/clashes-with-police-on-the-streets-of-paris/102536888 |url-status=live |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630000538/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/clashes-with-police-on-the-streets-of-paris/102536888 |archive-date=30 June 2023}}</ref> Nanterre mayor Patrick Jarry, though expressing "shock" over the video,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=28 June 2023 |title=Unrest in Paris after 17-year-old boy shot dead by police |url=https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/28/unrest-in-paris-after-17-year-old-boy-shot-dead-by-police |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=[[euronews]] |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629172050/https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/28/unrest-in-paris-after-17-year-old-boy-shot-dead-by-police |archive-date=29 June 2023 |url-status=live }}</ref> declared on a 28 June news conference that the prefecture had undergone "one of the worst days of its history", urging citizens to "stop this destructive spiral", and adding that "we want justice for Merzouk; we will obtain it through peaceful mobilization."<ref name=":13" />
According to BBC analysis, the thirteen deaths related to refusal to submit to traffic stops the previous year, along with the amplifying effects of social media, made the memory of the unrest in 2005 a key reason why Macron and the French political establishment reacted quickly to calm matters. During his presidency, there has already been significant
[[Alliance Police nationale]] alongside the UNSA union issued a statement stating "Faced with these savage hordes, it's no longer enough to call for calm, it must be imposed." It also claimed that they were "at war with vermin".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Roger |title=France Splits Into Rival Camps Over Police Shooting of a Teenager |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/europe/france-riots-police-shooting.html |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702003507/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/world/europe/france-riots-police-shooting.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Samuel |first1=Henry |title=French police say 'we are at war with vermin' as they threaten revolt over rioting |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/30/paris-shooting-violence-nanterre-olympic-pool-nahel-france/ |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702023748/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/06/30/paris-shooting-violence-nanterre-olympic-pool-nahel-france/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Presse |first1=AFP-Agence France |title=French Police Union Calls Rioters 'Vermin' |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/french-police-union-calls-rioters-vermin-f10740ea |access-date=2 July 2023 |work=www.barrons.com |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630155601/https://www.barrons.com/news/french-police-union-calls-rioters-vermin-f10740ea |url-status=live }}</ref>
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