More than half a million people demonstrated in France on Saturday in a nationwide day of protest against the high cost of living that saw hundreds of arrests.

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      19 days ago

      It’s not a random building, it’s the Town Hall. People protested for weeks and just got beat up by the cops and eventually lost their shit and burned down the symbol of government

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      19 days ago

      It’s unknown who did this. It wasn’t approved by the broader community