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French riots highlight vicious cycle between police and minorities

While calls for an overhaul of the French police go back decades, violent episodes of police enforcement continue and so do violent outpourings on the street.

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Years before France was inflamed with anger at the police killing of a teenager during a traffic stop, there was the notorious Théo Luhaka case, reports The New York Times.

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