<br /> <p>Anti-police brutality protesters in Paris’s Menilmontant neighborhood lit fires on the streets on February 8 in defiance of police officers.</p><p>The fires were lit by small groups amid widespread protests</a> over the suspected rape and use of excessive force during the arrest of a man, named only as “Theo,” in Aulnay-sous-Bois on February 2.</p><br /><p>This video shows protesters facing off with police in riot gear in Menilmontant, Paris. Credit: Clément Lanot (CLNEWS) via Storyful</p><br />
