Tear gas in Paris as hundreds protest labor reforms (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Tuesday, May 17, 2016
By Paul Martin

RT.com
17 May, 2016

Police have fired tear gas at scores of protesters in Paris who came to protest the unpopular labor reform pushed through by the government. Earlier in the day, President Francois Hollande said he would not back down on the reform plan.

RT’s Anna Baranova, reporting from central Paris, said that French police used tear gas in response to the actions of some protesters, while she also described the scene on the ground.

“There are thousands of people out here and it is important to say that not everyone is from trade unions, as it is a very diverse crowd,” she said.

“There are students here, there are the usual participants from Nuit Debout [Rise Up At Night], and there are also troublemakers who have come to start violence with the police, and this is when the violence erupts.”

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