By Matt Bradley, Laura Saravia and Alexander Smith - NBC News
PARIS (AP) — France was reeling Friday after a third night of violent unrest since the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old boy on video unleashed a wave of anger across the country.
Streets burned Thursday night as protesters erected barricades, torched cars and looted shops, while security forces fired tear gas and detained hundreds of people. The French government, struggling to maintain order, denounced the violence and called crisis meetings.
[There are already protests in front of the Supreme Court over its ruling against affirmative action]
Authorities have deployed 40,000 police on the streets and arrested 600 people, half of them in Paris, with about 200 officers injured, according to authorities.
The deadly shooting of the teenager — who was identified only by his first name, Nahel — occurred during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. The officer charged with the death has been preliminarily charged with voluntary manslaughter.
The teen's family and legal team have not said whether they believe race was a factor in the shooting, but it has stoked longstanding tensions between French police and young people living in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the capital's suburbs and elsewhere.