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Drug war shakes France’s Marseille as rival gangs shoot it out (www.aljazeera.com)

submitted 1 year ago by deconstruct to c/[email protected]

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Two gangs, “Yoda” and “DZ Mafia” are vying for control of the drugs market in the notorious northern neighbourhoods of France’s second biggest city.

Since the start of the year, 36 people have died in the gang war, according to an AFP news agency count, already five more than in all of 2022.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In addition to my normal skewed interpretation of the world/flights of fancy, I’m also running off 2 hours of sleep today and I really thought the picture accompanying the article was a picture of a French gangster.

I was so impressed at how the French approach even gang wars with a bit of pomp.
I was kind of disappointed when I opened the article to see that she’s just like, a cop. I mean, still fancy, I guess, but not “blastin’ with gold filigree on my hat” fancy.

Also - horrifying. I hope they get that under control.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bring back blunderbusses, muskets, swords, and tri cornered hats to French crime #keepitoldschool

[–] Badgernomics 4 points 1 year ago

Police bust into a building through the windows, swinging from the chandeliers:

"Ha ha! Zis is a raid! En garde naives...!"

Fight music and clashing of swords starts.