Violence Was Brewing for Weeks in France as the Media Praised ‘Student-Led’ Protests

More than 1,000 people were arrested in Paris over the weekend as far-left riots roiled the city and much of the country.

The violent demonstrations came after weeks of growing “student-led” unrest that had largely received a warm reception from most of the Western media, despite indications that the one-time grassroots protests had been co-opted by self-interested left-wing groups.