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Police across France were to demonstrate on Wednesday against the “anti-cop hatred” they say they have endured during a wave of anti-government protests since early March.Rallies are planned in around 60 towns and cities, with the Paris event to be held in the Place de la Republique, the venue of the youth-driven “Up All Night” movement that emerged from the protests against the Socialist government’s labour reforms.
Activists were denied permission however to stage a counter-demonstration against police violence in the same square ahead of the rally. Some 350 members of the security forces have been injured during the protests against the labour reforms, including one who lost the use of an eye.
Eleven were injured on Tuesday during the latest protests against the reforms, which are seen as too pro-business and were forced through without a parliamentary vote. “You can see why these security forces are a bit exasperated,” national police chief Jean-Marc Falcone said on French radio Wednesday. He noted that police have been under “great pressure” since 167 people were killed in extremist attacks, first on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and a Jewish supermarket in January 2015, followed 10 months later by attacks on several Paris targets in November.