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French Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Yellow Vest Protest

Agence France-Presse

   TOULOUSE, FRANCE - French police repeatedly used tear gas and water
   cannons to break up a protest Saturday by nearly a 1,000 yellow vest
   demonstrators in the southwest city of Toulouse.

   A police statement said officers made five arrests after being targeted
   by objects thrown by some of the protesters.

   A group that observes police conduct at yellow vest protests said
   officers had attacked five of their number during the demonstration,
   injuring one of them.

   The Observatory of Police Practice (OPP) posted images and video on
   Twitter to support their account and posted an open letter to the
   authorities protesting the incident.

   The police headquarters in Toulouse was not available to comment on the
   allegations Saturday evening.

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