Posting on the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, Macron backpedaled on remarks in June where he blamed video games for having 'intoxicated' some young rioters.France's President Emmanuel Macron plays a video game as Adrien Nougaret, a.k.a. ZeratoR, assists him during a meeting with French esport video game players at the Elysee Palace in the capital Paris on June 3, 2022. AP FILE PHOTOThose comments dismayed some in the gaming community, even beyond France.
'The unrest started after the police shooting of Nahel Merzouk in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on June 27. The French-born 17-year-old of North African descent was stopped by two officers on motorbikes who subsequently alleged that he'd been driving dangerously. He died from a single shot through his left arm and chest.From Nanterre, violent protests quickly spread and morphed into generalized nationwide mayhem in cities, towns and even villages that was celebrated on social networks.
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