Reporter's Notebook: France braces for more unrest after parts of Paris spun out of control

PARIS, France: Paris is burning.

Yet again.

But this time, according to officials and analysts, it’s different.

And unrest here could have a lasting impact on France… perhaps the world.

I have been covering protests in France for decades.

I lived in Paris for nine years.

I know that the French are very skilled at taking politics to the street.

The recent upheaval has many worried.

From all the people I hear from on the ground here, the rioting has been more violent, more destructive, more profound.

Domestic strife seemingly out of control.

FRANCE IS DEVOURING ITSELF AS SCHOOL RIOTS REVEAL A CRISIS FAR BIGGER THAN BROKEN CLASSROOMS When I approached the bar at a brasserie near Place de la Republique, the server asked if I was an American and a journalist.

After replying yes to both he concluded, "So you’ve come to cover the civil war." The numbers tell the tale.

Some 2,500 arrests during the last weekend of clashes between protesters and police.

Around 1,000 officers injured.