Immigrant "youths" riot when police actually defend themselves

French police in a burning car riot, March 2006, by Hughes Leglise-Bataille

Riot, Burn, Rinse, Repeat

This sounds like something from the Onion, but unfortunately it is not satire...

Another day in a European big city... A Moroccan teenager is killed by Dutch police and so "youths" (read: immigrant Muslim youths) riot, burn cars, and throw stones at police:

A group of dozens of youths in the Slotervaart neighbourhood in western Amsterdam set cars on fire, damaged several other cars and threw stones through the windows of a police station.

The riots followed the death of 22-year old Dutch-born Bilal Bajaka, of Moroccan descent.

If they want sympathy from the Dutch (or the world), or want to show that their anger is justifiable, they probably should have chosen a better cause for their riot than Mr. Bajaka, considering the reason he was shot:

[Bajaka] appeared at the police station at around noon on Sunday and almost immediately jumped across the reception desk. He began stabbing away at the police officer on duty who was behind the desk. He stabbed her in the chest. She jumped up and tried to escape but the man ran after her and stabbed her twice again. A male colleague who rushed to help her was stabbed in the throat and shoulder, whereupon the female police officer got her gun and fired at the man. He succumbed to his wounds shortly afterwards.

Or the prior record he had:

From the age of 13 up to his death on Sunday, the police said, Bajaka had been involved in several major criminal incidents, including armed robberies and a series of violent incidents. He was allegedly part of a criminal gang.

In addition, police said he was personally acquainted with Mohammed Bouyeri, the convicted killer of the late film director Theo van Gogh, as well as with other Moroccan-Dutch terrorist suspects.

So why did the death of Mr. Bajaka make them so upset?:

Moroccan-Dutch residents of Slotervaart complained to reporters they were “sick and tired” of continuous “negative news reports” about fellow Moroccan-Dutch, adding they felt increasingly stigmatized.

To which Charles Johnson replied:

And what better way to counter those negative news reports than to riot and burn stuff?

Had enough? Sorry, the farce doesn't end there. From the Klein Verzet blog (in English):

the local authorities fear riots in the big local Islamic community. Thus they go to the 'youths', to the mosques and the imams to explain to them what happened. Local burgomaster [chairman of the city council] Ahmed Marcouch is even sending his condolences to the parent of the terrorist. He is even planning to visit the terrorist family today, although their is no report of a visit to the wounded police officers. Friends of the terrorist can even come to a special room at the city office, were sandwiches, coffee and tea are served to them.

And lest I forget, since the non-Moroccan Dutch are unlikely to draw attention to the attacked police officers by starting a riot of their own, I guess I'll do it through my weblog:

The female police sergeant who had fired the shot, was stabbed in the chest and twice in the back. A pulmonary artery was hit and her lung was perforated. The bleeding was stopped and the perforation sealed. "Hence the operation can be said to be successful," Welten said. "Her condition is satisfactory."

Her male colleague was stabbed five times and had several cuts in his face and shoulders. An artery in his head was hit and was stitched. The stabbing of his throat was deep and the wind pipe was hit. "This colleague too is doing well given the circumstances," [Police chief] Welten said.

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