The incident came as President Emmanuel Macron’s government is pushing a new bill that restricts the ability to film police, which has prompted outcry that it would allow police brutality to occur with impunity.
The French Human Rights League organised Sunday's protest in Paris following the alleged rape of a suspect by a police officer last month.
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