Police sprayed tear gas Tuesday at high-school students lobbing bottles and stones during a protest over teacher job cuts. Thousands of students marched from Paris' Luxembourg Gardens in a rally that descended into violence for the second time in a week. Police rounded up some of the several hundred protesters Tuesday. The exact number was not immediately clear. Many wore hoods or scarves to hide their faces from police. Police put the number of demonstrators at 8,500, while organizers said 20,000 people took part. While most demonstrators marched peacefully, dancing to music and carrying signs like "Teachers, an endangered species," a small group clashed with police. Police were seen tackling unruly demonstrators and striking them with batons.
See "Protesters, police clash during student march over teacher cuts in Paris", Jean-Marie Godard, Minneapolis Star Tribune, April 7, 2008