PARIS – French anti-racism activists draped a black cloth over the statue of a colonial commander in central Paris on Thursday, prompting three arrests and brief tension with police.The target of the protest was a monument to Gen.
Joseph Gallieni, who led brutal campaigns to quash rebellion in French colonies but is more widely known and celebrated as a World War I hero.Three activists who climbed the statue to cover it were handcuffed and detained by police, who threatened to fire tear gas on the other activists and journalists filming the scene from below.