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a standoff on the streets of Paris.
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Assed, dozens of hooded protesters hurled projectiles at riot police, smashed up shop windows, torched cars on burned barricades during a demonstration against police brutality.
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Police fired back volleys of tear gas.
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Thousands had set out marching peacefully before the clashes erupted to urge French President Emmanuel Macron's ruling party to scrap a draft security law they fear would curb civil liberties.
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Bill would restrict rights to circulate images of police officers on duty, which critics say would make it harder to hold the police to account in a country where rights groups alleged systemic racism.
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A backlash against the law was intensified by the beating of a black man, music producer Michelle Zeca, by several police officers.
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The incident was captured on CCTV and mobile phone footage that went viral and headed news bulletins.