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France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police ELAINE GANLEY , Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 18 1of18French police officers carry a portrait of police officer Eric Masson, killed last week in an apparent drug-related incident. During a national homage in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. It was the latest of several attacks targeting French police that have angered police unions and become a political issue ahead of regional elections in June and next year's presidential election. France's prime minister is proposing tougher and faster punishmen...

FRENCH Prime Minister Jean Castex has proposed tougher and faster punishment for people who attack the police, as the government paid a national tribute to the latest police officer killed in the line of duty. Mr Castex led yesterday’s ceremony in the southern city of Avignon to honour officer Eric Masson, killed last week in an apparent drug-related incident. Four people have been arrested in the homicide investigation, the regional prosecutor said. It was the latest of several attacks targeting officers that have angered police unions and become a political issue ahead of regional e...

France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved French police officers carry a portrait of police officer Eric Masson, killed last week in an apparent drug-related incident. During a national homage in Avignon, southern France, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. It was the latest of several attacks targeting French police that have angered police unions and become a political issue ahead of regional elections in June and next year's presidential election. France's prime minister is proposing tougher an...

French PM toughens penalties for police and gendarmes' aggressors French PM toughens penalties for police and gendarmes' aggressors Paris, May 11 (Prensa Latina) French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Tuesday announced the toughening of sanctions for those guilty of attacks against police and gendarmes forces, in a context marked by the killing of an police officer in Avignon. After meeting on Monday evening at his Matignon headquarters with representatives of police unions, the prime minister issued a communique in which he stated the increase to 30 years of the security sentence to those cond...

France vows tougher punishment for those who attack police By ELAINE GANLEY May 11, 2021 GMT PARIS (AP) — “Dead or Alive.” The chilling words were scrawled on photos of three police officers in their uniforms posted last month on a wall in a Grenoble suburb, in southwest France. To French police, feeling endangered and disrespected, this is just one more sign of an upsurge in violence targeting them and making it harder to keep France safe. A police officer was shot to death last week on a routine check at a street corner frequented by drug dealers in the historic district of Avignon, ...