French police stage protest on Paris’ Champs Elysees

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French police unionists demonstrate on the Champs-Elysee din front of the Arc de Triomphe, Friday, June 12, 2020 in Paris. French police are protesting a new ban on chokeholds and limits to what they can do during arrests, part of government efforts to stem police brutality and racism in the wake of global protests over George Floyd's death in the U.S. (AP)
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  • Reuters TV showed police unions that had parked dozens of vehicles at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe

PARIS: French police staged a protest on Paris’ Champs Elysees on Friday, demonstrating against restrictions on restraint holds they can use, and curbs imposed by the government in response to public anger cases of police brutality in France.
Reuters TV showed police unions that had parked dozens of vehicles at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe. One van carried a poster reading “No police, no peace.” Another carried graphic images of injuries sustained by police officers attacked in the line of duty, with the words: “Who is massacring who?.”

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