Place de la Nation: due to outside provocators, the anti-CPE demonstration turned violent with bottles and stones thrown at the riot police (and on occasions the photographers, some of whom wear helmets). Here, the “casseurs” in action.
Seeing the number of photographers (both pro and amateur), one can’t help thinking that to some extent, this is a big circus for the media where everybody is playing his part, from the “casseurs” to the police to… the photographers. Disturbing…