Riot rocks Poland Independence Day march

Riot rocks Poland Independence Day march
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Poland's Independence Day celebration turned violent Tuesday for the fourth year in a row, resulting in 220 arrests, The Associated Press reports.

Tens of thousands of nationalists marching through Warsaw threw rocks, firecrackers, and stones at police, who fired at the crowd with a water cannon and rubber bullets. Some rioters also lobbed benches from the nearby bus station.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.