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Police Violence Increases As 800k Protesters Take to the Streets in France

French leaders condemned the uprising, while the left highlighted escalating police brutality against young protesters.

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On Saturday, France saw its largest nationwide protests in years, as popular outrage over the rising cost of living converged with a month-long student movement against the country’s neglected public education system. Nearly 800,000 people took to the streets in over 140 cities across France on Saturday, according to France’s major labor union, the CGT. The protests were made up of high…

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