France Yellow Vests Latest: Parliament Member Says Police Bludgeoned Him, Threatened Him (Week 16..

Nextrush Free ^ | 3/2/2019 | Nextrush/Self

[Nextrush]

"I can show you, I'm bleeding from my ear, that's the job of the police..."

Loic Prudhomme, National Assembly Deputy From Gironde, Twitter Video 3/2/2019

Loic Prudhomme, member of the FI (France Insubordinate) for the National Assembly, says police in Bordeaux bludgeoned him as went to his bike following today's protest there.

He posted a video showing his ear bleeding on Twitter. Prudhomme says he's ready to report what happened to him to the Inspector General of the Police.

Prudhomme spoke out against the government and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.

"Pummeled while I left the demonstration quietly Christophe Castaner and the prefecture of Aquitaine, police violence do not exist? That's enough you sow chaos!"

Police were in the vicinity of of Prudhomme when he posted the video and that tightness of the police around the protesters was noted in Paris today as the demonstrations began.

Loic Prudhomme said the policeman involved clubbed him then said:

"You will be summoned Mr. Prudhomme because you are taking part in a forbidden gathering"

Link to Twitter feed of Loic Prudhomme with video posted 4 hours ago as of 4 pm Eastern US.....

[Nextrush]

The Yellow Vests continued in France today and there are some video links here including the police attack on a member of the National Assembly in Bordeaux.

[SaveFerris]

I’m surprised more of this is not happening in Germany. Maybe even Sweden.

To say we live in interesting times is a Captain Obvious.

[Nateman]

It implies the cop knew his target. That makes the attack even worse than random brutality.

[Nextrush]

There’s something fishy in this story.

[pepsi_junkie]

Macron tried insults, that didn't make the yellow vests go away. Then he tried cracking skulls, weeks of that and still they keep coming out. Clearly he needs a new strategy. It seems he has four choices:

1. Keep doing what he's doing until spring when the weather warms and hope that the yellow vest numbers don't swell full of people fed up with Macron's tactics.
2. Try to scare it into submission with shock and awe. Throw even more cops out there and let them off the leash; let the blood flow openly and everywhere. Hope they scatter and never regroup. The soviet strategy.
3. Pull back the cops and pretend it isn't happening, hope it blows over. The Clinton terrorism response strategy.
4. Change policies in ways that make the yellow vests feel heard.

I am certain he won't do number 4 because giving the people a say is just not done. He's really painted himself into a corner with no good way out.

[PallMal]

A few weeks ago, there was a supposed “anti Yellow-vest” group that counter-demonstrated. That lasted all but one day.

[myerson]

The French are not totally disarmed. They can fight back if they want and get more suitable weapons in the process.