PARIS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- A total of 142 protesters were arrested on Saturday in Paris after a new day of protest against a controversial security bill that would restrict filming of the police, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.
In a Twitter message, Darmanin said the 142 people have been arrested in the capital's demonstration "thanks to our police officers and gendarmes' determined and courageous action against the troublemakers who came in large number...Several hundred thugs had come to commit violence."