Parents of a 14-year-old French student are pursuing legal action against police, including attempted manslaughter charges, after he was allegedly hit at point-blank range by a tear gas canister, leaving him with a broken jaw and unable to speak ▻ ↧ School protests sweeping France cause 'heaviest toll in decades' Demonstrations swept across France on Tuesday as teachers and parents took to the streets with high school pupils on the biggest day of what Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu described as the most ​violent student demonstrations in decades.