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(11,841 posts)I'm not going to back off whats been reported for YEARS simply because some mayor all of a sudden doesnt like the sunshine. Although I've never heard of it with regard to English cities.
Here's a few articles for you: I've excerpted the parts mentioning the "no go" zones
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-11-06-paris-gangs_x.htm
"Some officials suspect the unrest that reached into Paris proper early Sunday has in part been instigated by gangs hoping to turn their neighborhoods into no-go zones for police so drug trafficking and racketeering can thrive."
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9892432/ns/technology_and_science-clicked/t/tone-no-go-zones/#.VNAclWTF-Gu
"The spreading nature of the riots has many concerned. News to me is all the discussion of Europe's "no go" zones."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/12/international/europe/12suburb.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&"Branded by France's police intelligence agency as one of the country's 150 "no go zones," where police officers should enter only with major reinforcements, La Courneuve was caught up in the violence in which rioters torched cars, trashed businesses and ambushed the police."
Notice the references above are from 2005 & 2006. This is nothing new & one is even from the NY Times. I dont know why Fox apologized for simply saying whats been in the news for 10 years. 150 no go zones? Is it all made up?? I doubt it