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Thousands of Americans came to Paris for an NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints. But the State Department advised them to stay cautious due to recent violence and rioting. Leigh Kiniry reports.

Thousands of police officers in riot gear descended on Paris Saturday to monitor France’s only sanctioned protest. The officers — wearing helmets and carrying shields — uniformly walked through the city as protesters shouted obscenities at them.

Two kinds of people are rioting these days in the City of Light — Parisians and parasites. The Parisians are high school kids frustrated that there’s no money in the budget to upgrade their crumbling schools. The parasites are a toxic mix of leftists, Palestinian sympathizers, and so-called anti-fascists attaching themselves to the legitimate protesters […]

NFL players and their wives and girlfriends took in the sights of Paris even as looming protests threatened to tear the city of lights apart.

France's Interior Ministry said 410,000 people took part in protests nationwide, though unions said the true figure was twice as high.

The NFL shut down its NFL House fan hub in Paris on Saturday, and the New Orleans Saints postponed their own fan events to Sunday as the French capital explodes in violent protests.

Tourists were turned away from the Louvre as heightened security measures, nationwide demonstrations and fears of further unrest disrupted travel and major cultural attractions across Paris.

Firearms dealers in Paris have reported a massive surge in sales for non-lethal deterrents including high power pepper spray guns. The post Self-Defence Weapons Sales Surge in Paris Ahead of Anticipated ‘Act II’ Riots on Saturday appeared first on Breitbart .

Citadel CEO Ken Griffin compared the Paris riots to Chicago's violent crime, warning young Americans that France's socialist policies lead to turmoil.

State Department issued travel warning ahead of a busy weekend in Paris that promises 'act two' riots and a major NFL match in the city. The post U.S. Issues Riots Security Alert For France Ahead of Paris NFL Match appeared first on Breitbart .

The Pittsburgh Steelers canceled a fan event in Paris ahead of the NFL's big Oct. 25 game at the Stade de France as the country continues to be beset by violent rioting and looting. The post Steelers Cancel Fan Event in Paris as Rioting in France Continues, But NFL Says Game is On appeared first on Breitbart .

After arriving as an emigrant from Africa, I worked so hard to build a business. After it was attacked last weekend, a revolutionary young woman told me on live television that it didn’t matter, writes Jhemima Sheilha. How could anyone defend last weekend’s violent protests in France? In Paris alone, about 450 businesses were damaged, and about half of those were looted, according to authorities. Shopkeepers saw their livelihoods destroyed, their employees attacked, and their faith in the French Republic deeply shaken. But defending the rioters was exactly what influencer and college student Lola-Fleur Whittaker did on Monday night during a French television program called “La Grande Confrontation.” “Vos boutiques, c’est bien mignon,” she said mockingly, which translates to “Your shops, so sweet.” That was too much for Jhemima Sheilha, who was also on the program, to bear in silence. “It’s my life, Lola,” said Sheilha, whose new shop near Place de la République, Caffé Urban Bakery, was smashed with sledgehammers and ransacked. “What justifies terrorizing people’s lives?” Whittaker rolled her eyes. We asked Sheilha, 36, to describe what happened at the bakery she and her husband spent five years toiling to open, how she confronted the looters who took everything, and why she believes her business is now at risk of crumbling, along with France itself. —The Editors When I arrived in France in August 1999, I did not know my father. I had been raised by my uncle and my aunt after the death of my mother, Henriette, an activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who campaigned against the country’s former president, Mobutu Sese Seko. In 1994 she was poisoned by a member of her own family who supported the president. She was 36. On the day I was born, one of my older sisters, who was only 3, died of sickle cell disease. My mother learned of her death as she was leaving the maternity ward. She left the hospital with a new child and a new grief to carry. My mother did not have much money. She sold water in plastic bags at the markets, and sometimes, when she had no choice, she left my other sister and me alone. On the day my mother died, I was 4. She had gone to a political meeting, after which she was supposed to pick us up. She never came home. After my mother’s death, I stayed with my aunt until I arrived in France to live with my father. I had never met him before. For the first few years, we lived in a 1,000-square-foot room in the Paris suburbs. It was very hard. I had been a good student, but now I was failing, and even though I was seeing a speech therapist, progress was slow.

While Sunday’s NFL game in Paris is still on as planned, a fan event for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been canceled following unrest in the city. ESPN reported on Thursday that the event — planned for a bar in the Bastille neighborhood — was canceled because of safety concerns. “Following recent events in the Bastille neighborhood, and ...

Paris has descended into flames and anarchy as thousands have taken to the streets for what amounted to nearly a week of rioting. But that doesn't mean the NFL will cancel its game there. The post NFL to Add Heightened Security for Paris Game Due to Civil Unrest appeared first on Breitbart .

Paris returned to calm on Tuesday after its first quiet night since a weekend marred by France's most destructive rioting in years.

Paris police imposed overnight curfews in two districts after severe rioting damaged 3,000 businesses and led to 2,400 arrests across France.