Student, 15, has hand blown off by police stun grenade during French mass protests

7 days ago by geneva_convenience to c/world

Protesters have clashed with police across the country for a second week

A 15-year-old student has had their hand blown off after picking up a stun grenade being used by police as mass school protests continue across France, local authorities said.

The incident comes as nearly 500 schools are expected to be completely or partially closed following student protests across the country over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages preceding a nationwide day of demonstrations on Tuesday.

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Cheese_man 157 points 7 days ago

So they have money to brutalize children but not to teach them.

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blackshirt 2 points 5 days ago

Story as old as time

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SaveTheTuaHawk -108 points 7 days ago path: 0 26173434 26175235, hotness: undefined, score: -108, children: 32
chewypoops 41 points 7 days ago

"officials said"

Oh, the cops told you that huh? And you believed them?

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rumba 31 points 7 days ago

France does not fuck around with protesting. I'm honestly shocked the government hasn't figured out how to de-escalate.

FaFo will just give them martyrs.

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SippyCup 27 points 6 days ago

They fuck shit up in France when things aren't going the way they want.

As it happens, France has some of the strongest worker protection laws on the planet.

If they're not afraid of you, they're only going to use you.

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CrimeIsLegalNow 23 points 7 days ago

A photo of TuaHawk during the American Civil Rights Movement

"They're setting fire to schools!!! Kill them allllll!!!!"

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fodor 17 points 7 days ago

You are a sick piece of work, my friend. You hope that kids die. It's disgusting.

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abigscaryhobo 6 points 6 days ago

The police are learning it too. Let les enfants fight for what they believe in. Carry your scars through life and know that you earned them fighting for what you believe in. Or be free from scars and know you traded your freedom and your values for a little more "safety"

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IamMoonPie 4 points 5 days ago

So you’re cool with violence against children… get fucked

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BambiDiego 2 points 5 days ago

I think you're missing the point that the government has been fucking around with these children and their families for decades and now they're finding out.

Or do you only believe in FAFO when it benefits those in power?

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Tiral -4 points 6 days ago

Nah, people will always try to spin it like they did nothing wrong to begin with. I'm not saying it wasn't the other parties fault as well, but it's NEVER their fault and the NEVER did anything.

It works across about everything. I used to fix iPhones (back when you could) and about 3x a day people came in with broken screens and it was NEVER their fault and they just couldn't figure out how it broke. Save for maybe half a dozen that actually said "I dropped it" or "I sat on it". They didn't even have a reason to lie to me, I didn't even care I make the same regardless.

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blackberry28 -67 points 7 days ago

This is Lemmy, an anti-authoritarian anarchist bubble, where protestors are always 100% good and the state is always 100% bad. You can't post balanced news reporting here. /s

It's kinda funny how the left say they are so different from the right but use the same bubble mechanics where unwanted opinions are filtered out/suppresed lol. Horseshoe theory checks out lol.

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