BBC is generally centre leaning left. But I see where you are coming from. I think this article does provide balance to the many articles talking about police brutality by showing what these riots, which were not about reforms, can do to a community.

You'll also note the the journalist does not really spin anything here: they use the verbs "to say" and "to tell" when giving quotes. There are no opinions provided by the journalist. It does not sensationalise anything. If I wanted to spin this story, I would have worded the lede like this:

Zartoshte Bakhtiari hasn't slept more than three hours a night since the violent riots erupted in France a week ago.

I think if anything there is a tiny note of French-bashing here, for lack of a better term. It really shows that they shot themselves in the foot and now mayors are petitioning for heightened security.

None of the "kids with the jerry cans" are doing any of this because of reforms. The riots have very real consequences for already neglected communities seeing their libraries, schools and local businesses burning down. Are you confusing the riots with the protests earlier this year about the pension system reforms?