Here is a story where the French are facing increasing violence from its Muslim minority. The key passage is this:

"First, it was a rock here or there. Then it was rocks by the dozen. Now, they're leading operations of an almost military sort to trap us," said Loic Lecouplier, a police union official in the Seine-Saint-Denis region north of Paris. "These are acts of war."

I noticed something in the Army which I later applied to my teaching and, eventually, dealings with adults. During basic training, I always tried to do my best with the nicer drill sergeants, rewarding their good treatment with greater effort. There were others who only did their best for the meaner drill sergeants. “By only giving your best to people who treat you poorly, you're asking for more poor treatment,” I would tell my Army mates. From that experience, I began to divide people into two categories: Those who see a weak person, say like an older person on a wheelchair, and want to help them across the street and those who can see the same person and want to rob them, figuring they won't find much opposition. In other words, some people only react positively to punishment.

How does this apply to France? I remember, during their riots, the French decided to have a peace march while their suburbs were ablaze from Muslim youth violence. The rioters, being mostly composed of the second type of person, saw the French peace marches for what they were-demonstrations of weakness- and thus began to do even worse, to the point now where they brazenly attack police officers. The French rioters are asking for poor treatment. When the rioters get that treatment, they will begin to respect Europeans. Unfortunately, it looks like things in France are going to have to get much worse before the French muster the courage for the proper response.