# ‘I didn’t know it was stolen’: Trials begin in Paris after October 17 violence

https://mins.news/en/video/111160

- France 24 English, 2026-10-22 13:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMbFVGdsr2U

> People arrested during the October 17 rallies appeared in Paris’s Judicial Court on Tuesday, facing charges including assaulting police, resisting arrest and handling stolen goods. The courtroom was tense as the justice minister called for the law to respond with “utmost firmness”. France 24 journalist David Rich followed the hearings.

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