French show solidarity at town halls targeted in riots after police shooting

People gather in front of the city hall in Lyon, central France, in a show of solidarity with the mayor of the Paris suburb of L’Hay-les-Roses after a burning car struck his home (Laurent Cipriani/AP)

Crowds gathered at town halls across France on Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of unrest touched off by the police shooting of a 17-year-old.

The riots, which seemed to be easing overnight into Monday, were driven by a backlash in the suburbs and urban housing projects against a French state that many young people with immigrant roots say routinely discriminates against them.