Police fired tear gas on student protesters in Lyon and Strasbourg, France, as nationwide demonstrations demanded fixes for understaffed, dilapidated schools ▻ ↧ Police fire teargas at French protesters on biggest day of school d... Police fired tear gas at protesters blockading French high schools on Tuesday as students, teachers and parents took to the ​streets on the biggest day of action in a wave of demonstrations against understaffed and dilapidated classrooms.