法国周六不仅爆发了抗议，简直是炸开了锅。警方在应对10月17日生活成本示威时面临双重压力：参与人数是预期的两个半倍，且还要面对蓄意寻衅的快闪暴徒——一些激进分子一心想打砸抢烧，另一些人则是冲着抢劫而来。
France didn't just erupt on Saturday – it exploded. Police were doubly overwhelmed by the turnout of the October 17 cost-of-living demonstrations, which saw two and-a-half times the crowds they expected. Officers were also overwhelmed by determined flashmobs: some radical militants hellbent on a fight, others who came for the looting.
全世界都目睹了共和国象征性建筑遭到袭击，如利摩日那座19世纪的市政厅，这座通常宁静的法国瓷都因此声名大噪。
The whole world watched the assault on symbols of the Republic like the 19th-century city hall in Limoges, the usually quiet porcelain capital of France.