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5
January
2019

Act VIII puts police violence and the right to protest in focus

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📅 5 January 2019 📍 France

During the Act VIII demonstrations, video evidence published by Mediapart challenged the account of an officer’s conduct toward protesters in Toulon. Coverage of the incident raised questions about how force was used and how authorities described it. The episode became part of a broader movement-wide dispute over injuries, accountability and whether public-order policy was deterring people from exercising the right to protest.

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