Bastille Day Car Burnings

Before I leave the topic of Brice Hortefeux and car burnings, I must refer you to Charles Henry's article at Covenant Zone on the number of cars that were set on fire on July 14. Coming as it did just a day or two before the Grenoble riots, the story can now in retrospect be thought of as a comical prelude to bigger events.

One would have to conclude that Brice had not yet noticed the "spectacular" decline in crime, when he spoke of an "unhealthy tradition". Tradition?