Protests underway on the Champs-Elysees
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(8 Dec 2018) Crowds of "yellow vest" protesters marched down the Champs-Elysees avenue on Saturday in central Paris surrounded by exceptional police security amid fears of new violence. Hundreds of people gathered around the Arc de Triomphe, which was damaged in rioting a week ago. They then started walking peacefully down the avenue, lined with high-end shops normally bustling before the Christmas holidays but boarded up this Saturday amid worries of more looting or other damage. A Paris police spokesman said more than 170 people have already been detained Saturday on suspicion they were planning violence, though most were later released. President Emmanuel Macron's government is deploying 89,000 security forces around the country for Saturday's protests against his reforms. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/edc95f04aed2ee25c401eaeed3913bb0
