Tear Gas, Hate Speech Marks 14th Yellow Vest Protest
Yellow vest protesters are holding scattered demonstrations around Paris and the rest of France amid waning support for their movement.
People gather by the Arc de Triomphe on Feb. 16.
Photographer: Eric Feferberg/AFP via Getty Images
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Paris (AP) -- Police fired tear gas and brought in water cannons and a horse brigade to disperse several thousand yellow vest protesters Saturday massed near a Paris landmark at the end of a march through the French capital, the 14th straight weekend of demonstrations.
Anti-Semitic remarks hurled by a few at a noted philosopher on the protesters' route were the bitter finale to a day of tension.