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Anti- riot police officers detain a protester during scuffles within a demonstration against police brutality on February 18, 2017 on the place de la Republique in Paris, following the alleged rape of a black youth, identified only as Theo, with a police baton, an incident that has sparked 10 nights of rioting and more than 200 arrests The injuries sustained by Theo during a stop- and- search operation on February 2 in the suburb of Aulnay- sous- Bois have sparked clashes with police and arson attacks across the impoverished, ethnically- mixed housing estates that ring the French capital. One officer has been charged with rape and the three others with assault. (Photo by Alain Jocard/AFP Photo)
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