CHAOS ON STREETS OF PARIS - Riots in Paris continue as protesters decry police rape and abuse of black man. <br /> <br />French President François Hollande called for "justice" Tuesday over the alleged rape of a black youth with a police baton, appealing for calm after more than a week of riots. <br /> <br />"Justice must be served," Hollande said during a visit to the working-class suburb of Aubervilliers, situated in the tough Seine-Saint-Denis region northeast of Paris where Theo, a 22-year-old youth worker, was assaulted while being arrested. <br /> <br />But Hollande also condemned the nightly violence after the February 2 incident in a high-rise housing estate, calling the rioting "unacceptable". <br /> <br />He said France was determined to "show that we are capable of living together in a peaceful society, but where respect is the rule and where we must be firm towards those who diverge from this principle." <br /> <br />Theo's treatment by four officers during a stop-and-search operation has sparked clashes with police and arson attacks in a string of impoverished, ethnically-mixed suburbs around the French capital. <br /> <br />Dozens of people have been arrested, including 25 overnight Monday. <br /> <br />Theo was hospitalised with severe anal injuries after one of the officers allegedly sodomised him with a truncheon. <br /> <br />The officer in question has been charged with rape and his three colleagues with assault. All four have been suspended. <br /> <br />On the other hand, at least 11 people were arrested overnight as riots continued over the alleged rape perpetrated by French police. <br /> <br />The arrests were made after clashes erupted between 50 protesters and police in the streets of Argenteuil - a northwestern suburb of Paris. <br /> <br />Protesters clash with French riot police in Bobigny, a suburb of Paris. Feb. 11, 2017. (EPA Photo) <br />Protesters clash with French riot police in Bobigny, a suburb of Paris. Feb. 11, 2017. (EPA Photo) <br /> <br />French daily Le Parisien reported other groups attacked a local police station, torched three police cars and threw Molotov cocktails in Les Ulis town, in the department of Essonne, south of Paris. <br /> <br />Some 2,000 demonstrators had gathered on Saturday in Bobigny, near Aulnay-sous-Bois where the alleged assault took place. <br /> <br />The protest turned violent and riot police fired teargas to disperse demonstrators. Footage from the scene showed cars set on fire -including two vehicles belonging to media organizations- and local authority buildings attacked with stones. <br /> <br />At least 37 people had been arrested, according to police. <br /> <br />Read More: <br />https://www.dailysabah.com/europe/2017/02/14/french-president-calls-for-justice-as-riots-continue-in-paris-suburbs
