French school protesters have faced a humiliating turn of events as videos show parents dragging their rioting children away from demonstrations. The protests, sparked by poor school conditions, have seen hundreds of thousands clash with police across France, leading to 488 arrests and disruptions at 891 out of 3,700 secondary schools. Parents are now intervening, with mothers physically reprimanding and pulling their protesting children away from the unrest, as seen in several videos circulating online.
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Schoolchildren rioting in protests that have sent shockwaves across France were forced into an embarrassing climbdown after being dragged away by their parents.
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that → riot → parents
France has suffered days of disorder and violence sparked by failing school conditions, with riot police clashing with hundreds of thousands of rioters in towns and cities across the country.
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police → suffer → country
Dramatic scenes saw riot police in full body armour pushing back balaclava-clad demonstrators as they dodged a barrage of stones and rocks, with officers deploying tear gas and pepper spray in a bid to disperse the crowds.
But while fear of the State may be fading, fear of their parents remains.
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Videos have emerged showing furious mothers and fathers reprimanding their rioting children and hauling them away from the unrest.
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mothers → emerge → unrest
In one clip, a seething mother can be seen getting out of her car and sprinting towards her son as smoke billows in the background.
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The mother grabs her child with her left hand, leaving her right hand free to whack him on the back while forcing him towards the vehicle.
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mother → grab → vehicle
The parent then bundles her son, who towers over her, into it.
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In a separate video, a mother clutches onto her disgruntled daughter's clothes and pulls her through the crowds of pupils at a school blockade.
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mother → clutch → blockade
The fuming daughter resists and stands still but eventually gives in after making eye contact with her enraged parent.
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daughter → fume → parent
A seething mother grabs her rioting son after sprinting out of her car
A father was captured calmly ushering his son away from the protesting students, steering him by the back of the neck.
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father → seethe → neck
is captioned: 'A fair-haired, white father is coming to pick up his son'
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A mother clutches onto her disgruntled daughters clothes and pulls her through the crowds of pupils at a school blockade
Elsewhere, a father was captured calmly ushering his son away from the protesting students, steering him by the back of the neck.
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father → clutch → neck
Screams can be heard in the background of the video, captioned 'a fair-haired, white father is coming to pick up his son', while officers blockade the street ahead.
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Some 256,000 people are predicted to have taken to the country's streets yesterday, France's interior ministry said, as students joined arms with demonstrators from the country's powerful trade unions.
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The mayor, who belongs to the La France Insoumise (LFI) party, drew criticism last week for claiming: 'Violence can become legitimate at a certain point.'
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Officials reported 488 arrests during the day, while lessons in 891 of France's 3,700 lycees were completely or partly suspended.
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The violent clashes have sparked a string of harrowing incidents, including one in which a 15-year-old protester had their hand blown off by a stun grenade.
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Amid mounting allegations of police brutality, officials today announced they would stop firing stun grenades at protesting students.
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Police spray CS gas as they clash with students on Boulevard Saint-Germain during a protest outside Sciences Po on Wednesday
But
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Sebastien Lecornu, France's prime minister, rejected accusations of 'police repression' during a tense parliamentary session on Tuesday where he accused the leader of LFI Jean-Luc Melenchon of intentionally fuelling unrest.
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This comes as officials announced one police officer has been charged over a separate incident where a 14-year-old student was struck in the face by a tear-gas grenade launched at close range.
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He lost several teeth.
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Meanwhile, a 15-year-old boy had been arrested on Monday for allegedly taking part in a gang attack on a policewoman in Paris.
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Students have been protesting failing school conditions for weeks.
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But discontent boiled over last week into violent clashes with police across hundreds of campuses.
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Protesters walked out complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.
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The demonstrations quickly turned into pupils lighting dustbin fires, torching bus shelters and clashing with riot police, who have in turn responded with batons, tear gas and riot-control rounds.
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The government ordered schools to halt lesson time until Friday for 'internal democracy'.
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But student unions remain doubtful and have called for blockades to continue until Wednesday.
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An 'Act IV' of nationwide protests has also been ordered on Thursday.
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