France: Protests by disgruntled police and angry activists

As anger mounted over brutal French arrests, a few hundred police officers put down ir handcuffs at Paris police hequarters Wednesday to demand better working conditions.

Police unions organized a protest on island in central Paris that’s also home to tre Dame Cadral, and officers said y wanted France's interior minister to resign.

demonstration was latest of a string of actions by disgruntled French police in response to recent protests around France against police brutality and racial injustice in wake of George Floyd’s death in United States.

Ar garing is planned in Paris on Wednesday by supporters of a nurse who was dragged through dirt by police during a march by medical workers. In video foot of incident circulating widely online, woman calls repeatedly for her inhaler, and her forehe is bloodied. CGT union says one of nurse's ribs was broken, and activists say incident is part of a pattern of disproportionate use of force by police.

French government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye defended nurse's arrest, alleging she h thrown a projectile and h a history of aggressive acts.

“ arrest was carried out based on woman’s prior behavior,” Ndiaye said.

French police unions won a victory this week when government backed down from banning use of chokeholds during arrests. Interior Ministry said police will start experimenting with expanded stun-gun use.