{"id":361,"date":"2010-07-30T14:45:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/2010\/07\/30\/sarkozy-looks-to-strip-citizenship-from-those-who-threaten-police\/"},"modified":"2010-07-30T14:45:08","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T14:45:08","slug":"sarkozy-looks-to-strip-citizenship-from-those-who-threaten-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/sarkozy-looks-to-strip-citizenship-from-those-who-threaten-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarkozy looks to strip citizenship from those who threaten police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" size-full wp-image-360\" src=\"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nicolas_sarkozy.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"398\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nicolas_sarkozy.jpg 398w, https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/nicolas_sarkozy-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he wanted to strip French  nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a  police officer, in a crackdown after riots shook two French towns this  month. <\/p>\n<div>Speaking in Grenoble, where street violence erupted in mid-July  after a local man died fleeing police after allegedly holding up a  casino, Sarkozy said he also wanted to increase prison sentences for  violent crimes. <!--more--> <\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;French nationality should be stripped from anybody who has  threatened the life of a police officer or anybody involved in public  policing,&#8221; Sarkozy said.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Police in the Grenoble area have received death threats since the  riots.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Sarkozy, whose hardline stance helped him win the 2007 election,  has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/node\/5079153\/aef_embedded_edit\" target=\"_blank\">promised to crack down on urban violence<\/a> following  the riots.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The conservative leader has failed to reduce violent crime despite  tougher policing following widespread riots in 2005. Neighbourhoods  remain stricken by high youth unemployment, poor public services, drug  trafficking and a rise in gun crime.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered the dismantling of 300 illegal camps  of travellers and Roma across France and the immediate expulsion of Roma  from Bulgaria and Romania who had committed public order offences.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Source\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>France24.com <\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he wanted to strip French nationality from anyone of&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amagep.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}