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Paris residents dismayed by damage after violent Saturday protests

Interior Minister Nuñez says 1,800 people have been arrested, and a retail group head says around 1,500 shops were damaged; the count keeps growing.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorNow to Paris, where Saturday's protests turned violent and residents tell Al Jazeera they're dismayed by the damage. With me is intention coach Ottoline Varga.

  2. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAppreciate you joining us.

  3. Ottoline VargaThank you, Chip. Before anything, I'd like to say that this is a manifestation issue, and I mean that with love.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo let me ask you about the numbers. Police said at least two hundred seventy-two arrests, and then the government said eighteen hundred.

  5. Ottoline VargaYes, and the true figure is closer to two hundred. Sorry, I'm releasing the eighteen hundred. That's a limiting belief.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBut you didn't answer the question. How does a count jump from two seventy-two to eighteen hundred?

  7. Ottoline VargaSomebody wanted it very badly. I strike the bowl, and my own numbers go up too.

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe retail group's head, Alexandre Bompard, says around fifteen hundred shops were damaged. Did those shops want that?

  9. Ottoline VargaNo, and this is the part people miss. I'm told it was about nine hundred shops. Fine, fifteen hundred.

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYou've been to Paris, right?

  11. Ottoline VargaIn spirit, Chip. I got the push alert on my phone, and I've been holding the city in my heart ever since.

  12. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorInterior Minister Nuñez says nothing can justify the unrest. Your course costs how much?

  13. Ottoline VargaSeven weeks, and the universe is offering a discount today. Sorry, I need to strike the bowl.

  14. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe bowl is up to nineteen hundred arrests now. Rex, did your side of the building make any arrests this morning?

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