FRANCE YELLOW VESTS WEEK 84: NURSES PROTEST DURING THE WEEK LEADS TO POLICE VIOLENCE
It was the turn of the nurses to protest pay and working conditions and they came out by the thousands in cities across France Tuesday. Some 18-thousand on the streets in Paris with violence and tear gas employed as the "black blocs" of anarchists appeared among them.
Video of the violent arrest of the one of the nurses emerged from the Paris protests. Her face bloodied after she was pulled by her hair.....FRENCH POLICE ARREST NURSE 6/16/2020
Protesters arrived in large numbers at the police station she was taken to. Police defending the arrest saying she threw rocks and gave police the "finger salute". Her defense was that nothjng she threw was getting anywhere near the police.
Police were protesting as well including the Saturday night "blue light" protest at the Arc de Triomphe about the outrage over police violence and the disrespect they see coming from top government officials announcing new rules for police following George Floyd's murder in the US.
President Emmanuel Macron made a speech last Sunday night proclaiming France's comeback from the first round of fighting the coronavirus but 53 percent of those polled by BFM said they were "not convinced" by his speech. 41 percent described themselves as "somewhat convinced" with only six percent "fully convinced".
LAST NIGHT THIS VIDEO OF POLICE AND PROTESTERS CONFRONTING EACH OTHER ON A PARIS STREET......
Today the weekly Yellow Vests video of Ternoise......
And Yellow Vests gathering on the streets of Paris today for a day of protest in opposition to police violence in France....RT FRANCE NEWS REPORT
This video posted of the movement of a police water cannon truck in the streets of Paris earlier today......WATER CANNON TRUCK IN PARIS 6/20/2020
One thousand protesters at a rally for Lamine Dieng who was a 25-year old of African background who died 13 years ago with the police held responsible for the death.
Dieng's sister Ramata Dieng told the crowd today:
"The police violence continues, it does not stop, there is nothing that stops them...."
A financial settlement for Dieng's family of just over 162-thousand dollars (145-thousand euros) to be paid to them by the French government announced by the European Court of Human Rights last Monday......(INFORMATION VIA GOOGLE TRANSLATION FROM BFM-TV)
Today in Lille the Yellow Vests were on the streets and this six minute video from the protest.....
YELLOW VESTS WEEK 84 LILLE 6/20/2020
Protests in France today over immigrants and in favor of protecting immigrants....
Meanwhile the violence in Dijon among gangs from different immigrant groups (Chechen versus North African) leading to the announcement by French prosecutors today of charges against four individuals......
That's the story of the Yellow Vests this week.....
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