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CRS riot policeman wielding shields and batons cross a barricade to charge striking students near the Sorbonne, Paris, France, May 10, 1968. “At first I did not understand what was going on. For hours on the first day of rioting the police allowed the students to do as they liked. The students wrecked everything, ripped up paving stones, chopped down trees, erected barricades, set cars on fire. Later, in a matter of minutes, the CRS charged the students. I asked myself “Why hadn’t they charged earlier?”. I soon understood why. The authorities wanted the public to see the devastation”. (Photo by Gökşin Sipahioğlu/SIPA Press)
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