French police hit student protesters with ‘violent charge’ – RT reports (VIDEO)

The crackdown comes as nationwide demonstrations over school staff shortages and education funding disrupt hundreds of institutions French police have launched violence charges against student protesters in Paris, arresting young demonstrators as security forces crack down on schoolchildren protesting against staff shortages and underfunding in education, RT correspondent Nadege Abderazzak has reported.The protests began in late September at a high school in Créteil, a Paris suburb, where teachers and students protested severe staff shortages and deteriorating facilities. The movement quickly spread across France, with thousands of students demanding better education funding and an end to cuts in public services. Demonstrators have also challenged government spending priorities, calling for money to be spent on schools rather than weapons. Reporting from Paris on Wednesday, Abderazzak described police charging at demonstrators and arresting a young protester. “We’re witnessing a very violent charge by the security forces who have just arrested a young individual,” she said, pointing to the detainee lying on the ground.Abderazzak said that tensions had persisted for two hours, with ...