France reviews police methods after yellow vest protests

PARIS: France's interior minister on Monday launched a review of police methods used to control demonstrations since the emergence of the"yellow vest" movement whose weekly protests have often turned violent.

"I want to hear what you think about the use of force, about the arms we use and what some call 'police violence'," Castaner told the experts who include a prosecutor, a sociologist and security figures.But Castaner, a loyal Macron ally who has taken a hard line against unrest in the protests, indicated he did not expect police to revert to softly-softly tactics.

"I need your ideas to respond strongly to unbridled violence while protecting" even those have committed"these excesses". According to France's National Police Inspectorate , the security forces used three to four times more flash balls and sting-ball grenades in 2018 than the year earlier, following the emergence of the yellow vest movement.

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