Author Auguste Meyrat profileThe death of Algerian 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk triggered the riots, after police shot him. The corporate media have done their best to stress that Merzouk was a generally good kid who didn’t have a criminal record, liked to play rugby, and was studying to become an electrician. Yet he attended a school for troubled kids. The police knew him, and he had a history of driving away from traffic stops. Although neighbors attest that “he was never violent,” he also seemed to have a bad habit of skipping school and joyriding in other people’s cars. ….

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