France is facing a reckoning with the public order police after a violent protest at the weekend

France reeled on Monday after a weekend of nationwide unrest that sparked mass protests against rising cost of living and support for high school students' demands for education funding. In the violent clashes that broke out, law enforcement officers and demonstrators were injured, public buildings were set on fire and businesses were looted, which raises significant questions about the French police's approach to public order.

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