Police across France were to demonstrate on Wednesday against the "anti-cop hatred" they say they have endured during a wave of anti-government protests since early March, AFP reports.
Rallies are planned in around 60 towns and cities, with the Paris event to be held in the Place de la Republique, the venue of the youth-driven "Up All Night" movement that emerged from the protests against the Socialist government's labor reforms.
Activists were denied permission however to stage a counter-demonstrationagainst police violence in the same square ahead of the rally.