"Controversial French Far-Right Figure Halts Crowdfunding for Officer Involved in Teen Shooting"

Jean Messiha, a French far-right figure, has closed a divisive crowdfunding campaign that raised over 1.5 million euros ($1.63 million) for the family of a police officer jailed for killing a 17-year-old, which sparked riots across France. Critics accused Messiha of spreading hate and pitting the far-right against residents of poor suburbs with a high immigrant population. The unrest, driven by a teenage backlash against perceived discrimination, has started to subside, but reports have emerged of the death of a 27-year-old man in Marseille, possibly caused by police riot control measures. Messiha's crowdfunding campaign faced legal challenges and accusations of deception from the victim's family.