FRANCE
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Paris—A vehicle burns in the suburb of Bobigny on February 11 as protesters—enraged by allegations that police beat and sodomized a 22-yearold black man with a police baton—set trash cans on fire and damaged storefronts. The protests soon spread to central Paris, where authorities arrested dozens after clashes with demonstrators. Much like the unrest that roiled the capital in 2005, the angry crowds reflect the tension between police and residents of the city’s poor, immigrant-heavy suburbs. Four officers are now being investigated in the baton incident.