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In Nantes

They protest against police brutality, police disperse them with gas and batons

It seems a paradox, but thousands of people who had taken to the streets in Nantes in protest against the excessive use of force by the police were dispersed by the police themselves with extensive use of tear gas and batons.

31/03/2023

Police French used tear gas against demonstrators protesting police brutality French.

It seems a paradox, but thousands of people who had taken to the streets in Nantes in protest against the excessive use of force by the police were dispersed by the police themselves with extensive use of tear gas and water cannons. 3000,<> agents had been deployed to counter the demonstration.

Two people are in a coma after violent clashes with officers that took place a few days earlier, on March 25, during a demonstration against the construction of a huge reservoir in Sainte-Soline.