Paris Protests: Why Violence is Escalating Across France

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PARIS — The Post is on the ground Saturday in the City of Love as thousands of protesters take to the streets across France, breaking out into violent riots for a second straight weekend.

Some 70,000 law enforcement officers were deployed countrywide on Saturday, while the Louvre and several other major Paris museums closed in an effort to prevent renewed violence during planned protests.