A 15-year-old student has had their hand blown off after picking up a stun grenade being used by police as mass school protests continue across France, local authorities said.

The incident comes as nearly 500 schools are expected to be completely or partially closed following student protests across the country over dilapidated schools and classrooms, overcrowding and teacher shortages preceding a nationwide day of demonstrations on Tuesday.

  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    The Nazi in this context is fascism, not nationalism. When government and corporate interests are indistinguishable, that’s fascism. Cops uphold corporate/government interests. Cops do not uphold rights of citizens, nor do they protect them. Thus cops are Nazis.

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      Comparing the party which tried to exterminate a race with the cop giving you a ticket because you speed up and saying they are both equally bad is a bit of a stretch. Of course some (too many) cops do some atrocities today, but it’s nothing compared to what the SS did. I don’t really disagree with your arguments, but they only holds for a fascist state. And the assumption that all states in the world are fascist is a difficult one to defend.

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        3 days ago

        You sure ice detention centers are so benign? The nazis didnt start out with millions of innocents killed either, it took them a few years to work up to that.

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          Of course they are not and I agree that they are not much better than the SS. You can compare the current political system in the USA with the nazis all you want and I will agree with you. There is just a distinction between “all” and “the USA”. Not the whole world is as bad as the USA.