11.06.2005

One for the record books

An 11th straight night of rioting in France.

These guys are the Joe DiMaggio of riots.

Watts riots, 1965: six days.

Brixton riots, 1981: three days.

Oldham riots, 1991: one day.

LA riots, 1992: four or five days.

France, not often at the top of the record books, finally has something to be proud of.

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