Riots Continue in Northern City; 8 Held

Roving bands of young people set fire to cars and trash cans in the second straight night of rioting in the northern French city of Lille over a court’s refusal to imprison a police officer who killed an Algerian man.

One rioter threw a gasoline bomb at a government building, causing a small fire, authorities said. Eight people were arrested.

The violence came after a court threw out charges of homicide against a police officer who in April 2000 shot and killed an Algerian who was trying to steal a car.

The officer was convicted of manslaughter and received a three-year suspended prison term.