Monday, January 14, 2019

A Ground Report On The Protests In France

Paul Brian

Paul Brian, American Conservative: What I Saw at a Yellow Vest Protest in France

Tear gas, anger over the cost of living—the demonstrations that rocked Paris are still going strong.

ROUEN, FRANCE – A large plastic garbage can ignites with a whoosh in front of the Church of Saint Joan of Arc in Rouen, Normandy. The smell of acrid plastic and waste fills the air, mixed with the odor of tear gas and pepper spray.

Joan of Arc was burned at the stake here in 1431; now this site and much of downtown Rouen is beset by furious protesters demanding the ouster of President Emmanuel Macron, lighting fires in the streets and hurling insults. “Your grandmother was a whore!” shouts one young man in his 20s, shaking his fist at a long line of police standing across the avenue in full riot gear.

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WNU Editor: All my contacts in France are saying the same thing.

7 comments:

AZuLike said...

I read a news piece that police are using actual weapons. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6586991/French-riot-police-using-semi-automatic-weapons-against-Yellow-Vest-protestors.html. dont know if its true or not.

RussInSoCal said...

These protests started with the gas tax revolt. Now they've morphed into radical grievance-riot du jour.

You cannot allow mass violence and arson to go on in your cities for weeks on end. I'm predicting that Macron will leave before his term is done.



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Mike Feldhake said...

I'd be surprised if that did not happen. However, he continues to be arrogant towards the center with strong backing from the politicians. It like him saying 'let them eat cake' !