Thousands of cops deployed in Paris to block COVID protest convoys

Thousands of cops were deployed in Paris on Friday to try to prevent convoys from forming like the ones in Canada — as protests against COVID-19 restrictions spread across the globe. Authorities in and around France’s capital stationed more than 7,000 officers at tollbooths and other key transportation sites in an attempt to stave off the scattered convoys of vans, cars and trucks that were en route to the city, despite a ban issued a day earlier.-- More...