12 July 2019
"With tears running down a bruised cheek, Vanessa Langard, a woman who participated in a protest against the policies of the French government on the Champs Élysées, recalls how she was shot by a “flash ball” projectile that was fired by a police officer. After several surgeries, Vanessa has nearly lost the use of her left eye and also suffers from memory disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder."
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France’s War on Protest (OSF Voices, link):
"The event was organized by the gilets jaunes (yellow vests), an amorphous and leaderless movement of largely white working-class citizens demanding economic justice that, some say, has been hijacked by forces of extremism on both the right and the left. After a violent element of the movement hurled bricks at police on the Champs Élysées, and ransacked the Arc de Triomphe, media attention around the world exploded. Soon thereafter, Paris experienced a large influx of police. Clashes between police and protesters have resulted in estimates of more than 2,000 people suffering serious harm."
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