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Protests in Paris turn violent in wake of footage showing police bashing black music producer Michel Zecler
Black-clad protesters have clashed with security forces at the end of a demonstration against police violence in Paris.
Key points:
- The interior ministry said there were 46,000 protesters in Paris, with 37 police officers and gendarmes injured
- The protests follow publication of CCTV footage showing police beating an unarmed black man
- The incident has also fanned anger about a draft law that is seen as curbing journalists’ right to report on police brutality
It came after masked protesters launched fireworks at police lines, put up barricades and threw stones.
The interior ministry said there were 46,000 protesters in Paris.
The majority of the thousands of demonstrators marched peacefully, but small groups of protesters smashed shop windows…
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