Clashes, Cars Set Alight in New Paris Protests Against Security Law

Violence erupts in Paris for the second consecutive weekend at a mass protest against a new security law, with demonstrators clashing with police, vehicles set alight and shop windows smashed. ––––––––– READ MORE: Thousands protested Saturday in Paris to denounce police violence and President Emmanuel Macron's security policy plans, which the demonstrators say would crimp civil liberties. In one incident, police fired tear gas and charged after fireworks were launched at their lines. Hooded youths smashed one store window. There were violent clashes between protesters and police in a similar protest last week. Macron's ruling party said earlier this week it would rewrite part of a draft security bill that would curb the right to circulate images of police officers after it provoked a strong backlash among the public and the political left. The protesters marched through the French capital under the close watch of riot police, waving banners that read "France, land of police rights" and "Withdrawal of the security law." "We're heading toward an increasingly significant limitation of freedoms. There is no justification," said Paris resident Karine Shebabo. Another protester, Xavier Molenat, said: "France has this habit of curbing freedoms while preaching their importance to others." ––––––––– LINK: https://www.voanews.com/europe/protes...