FRANCE YELLOW VESTS LATEST: PARIS PROTESTS RAGE, NATIONWIDE PROTEST, NUMBERS UP, MACRON BLAMES ALL YELLOW VESTS FOR VIOLENCE
"Its no longer called a protest. All those who were there were complicit in this"
French President Emmanuel Macron Speaks At Interior Ministry Meeting Late Saturday 3/16/2019
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON WAS NOT IN PARIS DURING THE PROTESTS SATURDAY. HE RETURNED FROM THE MOUNTAINS FOR A LATE NIGHT CRISIS MEETING AT THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.
BFM-TV HEADLINES THE NOTION THAT MACRON WISHES 'STRONG DECISIONS' BE MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE PARIS PROTESTS.
The official government estimate is that 32,200 Yellow Vests protested nationwide Saturday with 10-thousand in Paris.
(LATE UPDATE: THE YELLOW VESTS OWN ESTIMATE OF PROTESTERS TODAY WAS 230,766)
(LATE UPDATE: THE YELLOW VESTS OWN ESTIMATE OF PROTESTERS TODAY WAS 230,766)
But in Paris the Yellow Vests included the "black blocs" with police waiting in the background until they had lit fires, looted some shops and restaurants including one frequented by politicians, set up barricades and attacked police. Some cars also torched in the city.
The government's police response much more limited than in recent weeks.
It has been asserted that the government allows extremist "black blocs" into protests who end up perpetrating violence. A spokesperson for "The Republicans" party today spoke of government incompetence.
One injury during the protest was to a producer working the protest for Ruptly, part of the Russian RT news operation. The Ruptly live stream went down around 12 noon in Paris today.-RT PRODUCER GOES DOWN INJURED TREATED FOR INJURY
60 reported injured with 42 of them protesters.
237 arrests also reported in Paris.
60 reported injured with 42 of them protesters.
237 arrests also reported in Paris.
An environmentalist protest going on with tens of thousands in another part of Paris during the day.
Late in the day Interior Minister Christophe Castaner walking through the center of the city to visit police saying he supports police and firefighters.
Protests in other cities today like Toulouse......YELLOW VESTS TOULOUSE 3/6/2019
In Bordeaux a rally that included motorcyclists and banners calling for the Citizen Referendum Initiative . Police publicized online a vandalism incident by black masked individuals in the aftermath of the peaceful protest seen on this video.....GILETS JAUNES (YELLOW VESTS) BORDEAUX ACTE 18
Protesters gathered in the thousands in the northern city of Lille where local politicians had warned against police beating protesters.....YELLOW VESTS LILLE 3/16/2019
A large gathering of protesters also present in Marseille in the south of France today.....ACT 18 YELLOW VESTS MARSEILLE 3/16/2019
(COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
To summarize, there was much peaceful protest in France today and many peaceful protesters in Paris infiltrated by militants that many believe are enabled by the government.
The events of today appear to be enabling Emmanuel Macron to implement some sort of crackdown in the hours and days ahead.
The Yellow Vests script is about taxes and tolls and cutbacks by the government hurting poorer people and rural people in France.
But Macron, the black masked anarchists and the media wrote a new script today to demonize and crush the Yellow Vests movement.
Protesters gathered in the thousands in the northern city of Lille where local politicians had warned against police beating protesters.....YELLOW VESTS LILLE 3/16/2019
A large gathering of protesters also present in Marseille in the south of France today.....ACT 18 YELLOW VESTS MARSEILLE 3/16/2019
(COMMENT AND ANALYSIS)
To summarize, there was much peaceful protest in France today and many peaceful protesters in Paris infiltrated by militants that many believe are enabled by the government.
The events of today appear to be enabling Emmanuel Macron to implement some sort of crackdown in the hours and days ahead.
The Yellow Vests script is about taxes and tolls and cutbacks by the government hurting poorer people and rural people in France.
But Macron, the black masked anarchists and the media wrote a new script today to demonize and crush the Yellow Vests movement.
Links below.....
(EDITED, EXPANDED EARLY SATURDAY EVENING)
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