France: Protests Remain Banned Outside of 21st U.N. Climate Change Summit

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"Democracy Now!" is broadcasting from Paris, France, where diplomats, heads of states and climate negotiators are beginning the second day of negotiations for the 21st United Nations Climate Change Summit. On Monday, nearly 150 heads of state gathered here in Paris for what organizers called the largest-ever gathering of its kind. Outside the COP21 facilities, protests continued to be banned across France. French President François Hollande has condemned the protests over the weekend, calling it "scandalous" that they would protest at the Place de la Republique, even though "Democracy Now!" original video footage shows the police, not the protesters, were the ones to trample on the flowers and candles commemorating the November 13 attacks.