Queen's Quarterly, June 22nd, 2000
The scene takes place not Jar from Rouen, in the suburb of Houssiere, on a Saturday. An evening performance, intended to promote harmony between various ethnic groups, is organized by young people and attracts 400 spectators. Late in the evening, a group of young toughs in stolen cars disrupt the performance by pursuing their own time-honoured performance -- the "rodeo." They careen about wildly, squealing their tires and over-revving their engines, gunning the cars into ever more dangerous spins. When police vans arrive at the scene, groups of youths shower them with stones. One driver trie...
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