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Police crack down as ‘yellow vests’ unearth French malaise

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Police crack down as ‘yellow vest’ movement unearths French malaise

Protests continued for a fourth weekend in Paris as a “yellow vest” movement that started as a protest to a new gas tax continued to tap into growing dissatisfaction across the country. Meanwhile, law enforcement is doubling down, having dispatched thousands of officers and made hundreds of arrests. NPR reporter Eleanor Beardsley joins Hari Sreenivasan.

12/08/2018

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