Police join students in protest in France?

A viral video claims to show French police abandoning their duties to join student protests. However, the footage is misrepresented and actually depicts police escorting protesters to a metro station during a 2023 pension reform demonstration. The National Gendarmerie clarified that the officers were not abandoning their roles but ensuring safety. The context of the video is unrelated to the current student protests demanding better educational resources. Thus, the claims surrounding the video are deemed false.