Youth and Police Clash in Paris

At the most important tranport hub in Paris, the Gare du Nord, there were about 100 people involved in a melee there. Riot police fired tear gas and brandished batons against bands of youths who shattered windows and looted shops in the major Paris train station. Out of this riot, nine people were arrested. One woman was taken out by paramedics for inhalation of tear gas and was an innocent bystander. Another man said he was just coming home from the gym when he was gassed. As the policy fired tear gas and charged at the youths, some of them wearing hoods and swinging metal bars. They had smashed windows and thrown trash cans and other objects at the officers. They broke into a sporting goods store and looted many boxes of shoes. Some others attacked drink dispensers and set garbage cans on fire. They didn't think it had anything to do with the presidental election less than a month away but the country's new leader will inherit this when he or she takes power in May. Not a good thing.