French police targeted as they rally against 'anti-cop hatred' Police on Wednesday staged demonstrations across France against a surge of "anti-cop hatred" which they say they have suffered at a series of anti-government protests in recent months. But the demonstrations sparked a violent counter-protest in Paris, where a police car was attacked and set alight as some 300 protesters defied a ban to march through the streets chanting "Cops, pigs, killers!" IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES OF THE PROTEST AND COUNTER-PROTEST