BREAKING NEWS: ACT 8 OF THE YELLOW VESTS PROTEST IN FRANCE
(LATEST NEWS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST)
(330 AM UPDATE, 930 AM IN PARIS)
The harsh language of President Emmanuel Macron calling Yellow Vests racists and anti-Semites and homophobes in essence by calling them the forces of "hate" and his call for order "without compromise" aroused feeling in their own right Monday night when he spoke them on New Year's Eve.
But then Wednesday night when Eric Drouet attempted to stage a protest with a group of others he and some 31 other people were arrested by police in the center of Paris further feelings were aroused to fuel what will be happening in the coming hours, the 8th straight weekend of protest in France.
The others arrested have complained to France's "Defender of Rights" asking for an investigation to be launched into the attack on their "freedom of demonstration".
A protest is set for Paris starting at 4am Eastern time in the US, 10am in Paris.
Other cities are also sites for Yellow Vests demonstrations today including Bordeaux in the southwest to Strasbourg in the east of France, in south of France at Toulon, at La Rochelle on the Atlantic Coast and other locations.
(345 AM EASTERN TIME US, 945 AM IN PARIS)
The message from police this morning is that there must be no "illegal gathering" of protesters or use of unauthorized routes by the Yellow Vests.
(350 AM EASTERN TIME US, 950 AM IN PARIS)
Video this morning on BFM-TV from various parts of France including Marseille showing gatherings of Yellow Vests.
(4 AM EASTERN, 10 AM IN PARIS)
Yellow Vests are visible on the Champs-Elysees at the appointed hour now in Paris.
(5 AM EASTERN, 11 AM IN PARIS)
A larger crowd of Yellow Vests now being shown on the Champs-Elysses from where a procession is planned to the Place de la Bourse.
(530 AM EASTERN, 1130 AM IN PARIS)
Signs are being held favoring an RIC, a constitutional referendum initiative to collect signatures to force the National Assembly to propose laws that would be put back to the people to approve in a referendum.
Those signs visible at the Paris protest as well as one being held in Rouen, France today as Yellow Vests are marching in the streets there.
Four arrests were reported in Nancy, France Friday night during a blockade at a newspaper there.
Last night 18 Yellow Vests from among a group of 60 were arrested in Saone-et-Loire, France as the group was trying to block an Amazon logistics facility.
Live video from Russia's Radio Sputnik is being sent out of You Tube from the Champs-Elysees.....
RADIO SPUTNIK VIDEO FROM PARIS
(UPDATE AT 535 AM EASTERN, 1135 AM IN PARIS)'
Protesters facing police on the Champs-Elysees as the procession of protesters in Rouen make their way through the streets of that city.
A protest from Chateau-Thierry is also being show on BFM-TV.
(UPDATE AT 545 AM EASTERN, 1145 AM IN PARIS)
The procession with some torches releasing smoke of different colors moving through the Paris streets from the Champs-Elysees to the Place de la Bourse.
(730 AM EASTERN, 130 PM IN PARIS)
A crowd of yellow vests is gathered for what is expected at 2pm to be a response to President Macron's harsh New Year's Eve message.
(815 AM EASTERN, 215 PM IN PARIS)
Protests at sites of historical significance in Paris and some other cities with various sized gatherings in various cities from Sedan in the north of France to Grenoble in the south.
Demonstrators in Rouen shouted "Macron resignation".
One protester in Paris speaking through a megaphone said there will be held every Saturday in 2019 saying:
A peaceful atmosphere across France today with no arrests reported, no clashes with police so far.
Children were visible in the protests today with the adults.
There were some arrests Friday night as mentioned previously but none so far today.
Protests seemed to be spread out in more locales today across the country.
That is it for now....
This ends the post......
A protest is set for Paris starting at 4am Eastern time in the US, 10am in Paris.
Other cities are also sites for Yellow Vests demonstrations today including Bordeaux in the southwest to Strasbourg in the east of France, in south of France at Toulon, at La Rochelle on the Atlantic Coast and other locations.
(345 AM EASTERN TIME US, 945 AM IN PARIS)
The message from police this morning is that there must be no "illegal gathering" of protesters or use of unauthorized routes by the Yellow Vests.
(350 AM EASTERN TIME US, 950 AM IN PARIS)
Video this morning on BFM-TV from various parts of France including Marseille showing gatherings of Yellow Vests.
(4 AM EASTERN, 10 AM IN PARIS)
Yellow Vests are visible on the Champs-Elysees at the appointed hour now in Paris.
(5 AM EASTERN, 11 AM IN PARIS)
A larger crowd of Yellow Vests now being shown on the Champs-Elysses from where a procession is planned to the Place de la Bourse.
(530 AM EASTERN, 1130 AM IN PARIS)
Signs are being held favoring an RIC, a constitutional referendum initiative to collect signatures to force the National Assembly to propose laws that would be put back to the people to approve in a referendum.
Those signs visible at the Paris protest as well as one being held in Rouen, France today as Yellow Vests are marching in the streets there.
Four arrests were reported in Nancy, France Friday night during a blockade at a newspaper there.
Last night 18 Yellow Vests from among a group of 60 were arrested in Saone-et-Loire, France as the group was trying to block an Amazon logistics facility.
Live video from Russia's Radio Sputnik is being sent out of You Tube from the Champs-Elysees.....
RADIO SPUTNIK VIDEO FROM PARIS
(UPDATE AT 535 AM EASTERN, 1135 AM IN PARIS)'
Protesters facing police on the Champs-Elysees as the procession of protesters in Rouen make their way through the streets of that city.
A protest from Chateau-Thierry is also being show on BFM-TV.
(UPDATE AT 545 AM EASTERN, 1145 AM IN PARIS)
The procession with some torches releasing smoke of different colors moving through the Paris streets from the Champs-Elysees to the Place de la Bourse.
(730 AM EASTERN, 130 PM IN PARIS)
A crowd of yellow vests is gathered for what is expected at 2pm to be a response to President Macron's harsh New Year's Eve message.
(815 AM EASTERN, 215 PM IN PARIS)
Protests at sites of historical significance in Paris and some other cities with various sized gatherings in various cities from Sedan in the north of France to Grenoble in the south.
Demonstrators in Rouen shouted "Macron resignation".
One protester in Paris speaking through a megaphone said there will be held every Saturday in 2019 saying:
"We will ensure that the citizens regain power...."
(845 AM EASTERN, 245 PM IN PARIS)A peaceful atmosphere across France today with no arrests reported, no clashes with police so far.
Children were visible in the protests today with the adults.
There were some arrests Friday night as mentioned previously but none so far today.
Protests seemed to be spread out in more locales today across the country.
That is it for now....
This ends the post......
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