British GQ - 09.2019

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‘Acte II’ of France’s Gilets Jaunes protests

took place one week after the first and

resulted in clashes on the Champs-Elysées

Photograph with armed police, 24 November 2018

Getty Images

I was there when police

kettled thousands in the

Place de la République. For

two hours they lobbed in

teargas grenades and

launched baton charges

GILETS JAUNES

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