Paris Protests Cut Relay Short

The protests dogging the Olympic torch relay have followed it to Paris, where disruption sounds worse than London, as do some reports of violence.

Via the Independent:

“Paris – which claims to be the city which invented human rights – comprehensively outdid London in its anti-Beijing protests. The torch had to be doused for security reasons four times as the bearer was bundled aboard a bus to avoid protesters who repeatedly broke through a supposedly unbreachable cordon.

“Three human rights activists armed with mountaineering gear climbed part of the way up the Eiffel Tower to unfurl a banner portraying the interlocking Olympic rings as handcuffs.”

This time Bob was not on the scene, but aparently Reuters were so you will have to make do with their video.