{"id":143885,"date":"2023-07-02T13:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=143885"},"modified":"2023-07-02T13:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:09:35","slug":"mostly-peacefull-protests-rock-france-for-fifth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=143885","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Peacefull Protests Rock France for Fifth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-143890 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/france-riots.jpg?resize=300%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/france-riots.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/france-riots.jpg?w=321&amp;ssl=1 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>France&#8217;s summer of discontent.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>France Deploys 45,000 Police on Fifth Night of Nationwide Riots<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>(AFP) \u2014 The French government said Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old, as police deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters, mostly minors, have torched cars, damaged infrastructure and clashed with police in an outpouring of rage since an officer shot Nahel M. point blank as he attempted to flee a traffic stop on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The killing was captured on video, which spread on social media and fueled anger over police violence against minorities, exposing severe racial tensions in France.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2023\/07\/02\/france-deploys-45000-police-on-fifth-night-of-nationwide-riots\/\">Breitbart<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video of the shoot here:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video shows the moment a French police officer opens fire on car as it drives away\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YSfcLfoNkFk\" width=\"510\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The optics are not good- the officer was relieved and is being investigated for voluntary manslaughter. This is completely reasonable, but the event is being used as a spark to foment unrest among the disaffected youth. Any resemblance to the violent reaction blamed on George Floyd&#8217;s demise is completely coincidental.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France&#8217;s summer of discontent. France Deploys 45,000 Police on Fifth Night of Nationwide Riots (AFP) \u2014 The French government said Sunday that hundreds more had been arrested in a fifth night of rioting sparked by the police killing of a 17-year-old, as police deployed reinforcements to flashpoint cities around the country. Protesters, mostly minors, have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":143890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[185,387,654,652],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-international-affairs","category-op-ed","category-the-stupid-is-strong"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/france-riots.jpg?fit=321%2C198&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-BqJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}