D'autres images de l'interpellation de dizaines de lycéens, aujourd'hui à Mantes-la-Jolie. pic.twitter.com/ghv8K91e7l— Violences Policières (@Obs_Violences) December 6, 2018
RT: Images of students’ arrests ‘shocking’, France in ‘exceptional violence’ – education minister
French education minister Jean-Michel Blanquer admitted that the images of students on their knees, while being arrested by baton-wielding officers are “shocking.”
The controversial video from Mantes-la-Jolie released late Thursday has been a hot topic of discussion on social media. Depicting rows of education reform protesters on their knees, hands on heads, with helmeted police officers, it gathered thousands of retweets and angry comments. Many users compared the manner the officers were handling the arrestees with execution by firing squad.
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WNU Editor: French news media is covering this story extensively, and in social media is one of the top stories. In English media, the only website that is covering this story is RT.
