-- "France deployed 70,000 police officers. backed by armored vehicles, drones and helicopters Thursday as 270,000 people took to the streets for nationwide strikes and protests after left-wing groups called for a mobilization." --It gets better...
-- "In Paris, the Eiffel Tower was closed; in Lyon, French riot police fired tear gas and charged a group of protesters; and near Toulouse, a high school was set on fire." --