French Riots

Are you evenly vaguely aware, from the normal media coverage, of the riots that have been occurring in France since the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as President on Sunday?

For the best coverage, with stories, photos, and video, I suggest visiting No Pasaran.

Ho, hum. No big deal in the U.S. However, the French have a new law that makes it a crime for amateurs to report the news. Seriously.

One of the stories there suggests we could learn something about offering speedy trials to our "accused". I don't read French (and translation programs suck), but apparently three of the rioters have already been tried and sentenced in the two days since the riots began.