the police killed the 17 -year old during a traffic control in nanterre on the outskirts of paris. were directed at the state and its executive authority, the police. hamid bouhouta's brother also died during a police check. like many french people, he wonders if the police have a problem with violence and racism. molotov cocktails directed at the police, burning busses, and looting for days on end, riots spread across france. the unrest started after 17 -year-old nahel was shot by police during a traffic stop in nanterre, a suburb of paris. the policeman later claimed that the car was moving towards him. but videos prove him wrong - they show that he was not in danger when he shot. this traffic stop was caught on camera, unlike dozens of other cases of police violence, primarily directed at inhabitants of the banlieues, or suburbs. cases like that of mehdi bouhouta from lyon. to his family, he was another victim of police violence. like nahel, he was shot during a police check. "that's him when he was four years old and in pre-school. that's him at six, with our father. " mehdi jo