{
  "id": 15617508,
  "title": "'Police weren't overwhelmed by people protesting and marching' about education and cost of living",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/police-werent-overwhelmed-by-people-protesting-and-marching-about",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T14:58:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261019-police-weren-t-overwhelmed-by-people-protesting-and-marching-about-education-and-cost-of-living"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Andrew Smith, Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London. France's escalating social unrest has exposed a troubling disconnect between legitimate popular grievances and the government's increasingly security-focused response. Smith argues that the violence accompanying otherwise largely peaceful demonstrations reveals serious failures of…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}