French police officer charged after student is blinded by rubber bullet

A French police officer was charged with aggravated violence on Tuesday after allegedly firing a rubber bullet that blinded a 16-year-old student during a protest in Tours, France. The Daily Mail reported that the incident occurred on September 30 during student riots across the nation. [1]

As FTMQ News reported earlier, the teenager lost his right eye after being struck by the rubber bullet outside a school in Tours. The Daily Mail detailed that high school students were joined by far-left activists and Antifa-linked extremists who fought ongoing battles with riot police while wearing balaclavas. [1][4]

The student demonstrations began on September 18 in Créteil, a suburb of Paris, before spreading across France and into parts of Belgium. Demonstrators have been protesting against failing school conditions, including missing teachers and dilapidated classrooms, with high school students blocking hundreds of schools. [3][4][5]

French authorities have used tear gas, batons, and riot-control rounds against violent demonstrators. French Interior Ministry officials recorded 1,949 arrests related to the student protests on October 1. [4][5]