Hundreds arrested as protests resume in Paris

A protestor holds a sign reading &#039;Macron stop hiding&#039; near the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on December 8, 2018 during a &#039;yellow vests&#039; protest.

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published 8 December 2018

French authorities on Saturday searched and arrested about 700 people and detained around half of them for possession of makeshift weapons, like hammers, as thousands of "yellow vest" protesters assembled in Paris for the fourth consecutive weekend.

Police have blocked access to many major monuments, like the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower, after some demonstrators last weekend turned to rioting and vandalism. "We have prepared a robust response," said Interior Minister Christophe Castaner ahead of Saturday's events. "Violence is never a good way to get what you want. Now is the time for discussion."

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.

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