and what is happening in terms of the riots in Bordeaux ?

I received an anonymous comment asking the above question. 

I never publish anonymous comments, but the question may be in people's minds.

In 2005, when we first arrived in France, a couple of months later there were riots following the death in Paris of two young men who were being pursued by the police and who hid in an electricity substation and were electrocuted. 

The riots lasted about three weeks and spread to many cities of France, including Bordeaux.

This year the riots followed the death by shooting of a young man, again in Paris, by a policeman. The case is under investigation.

These riots lasted about 6 days but were more violent with more shops being looted. Bordeaux was affected by the riots. For some four days all public transport was stopped, first at 9pm, then at 10pm.

People are studying the causes of the riots, and the differences between the two episodes, pointing up rising levels of poverty in certain neighbourhoods, as well as the influence of social media.

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