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France's World Cup celebrations marred as fans are choked by tear gas after police also use water...
Dailmail UK ^ | July 15, 2018

Posted on 07/15/2018 5:22:59 PM PDT by SMGFan

France's World Cup celebrations marred as fans are choked by tear gas after police also use water cannon and clash with revellers in Paris as a MILLION people party into the night on the Champs-Élysées

Police forces fired tear gas as scuffles and pockets of looting broke out on the Champs-Élysées as French football celebrations in Paris soured following their sides World Cup victory over Croatia in Moscow.

Revelers set off smoke bombs in the national colors - blue, white and red - obscuring Napoleon's triumphal arch as police tackled the crowd using water canons. People climbed atop every newspaper kiosk and bus stop in the area to wave flags and lead the crowds below in cheers. The national anthem, the Marseillaise, rang out, cars honked horns and cherry bombs cracks.

Looters broke into shop fronts and smashed windows before they were driven back by riot police brandishing shields.

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1 posted on 07/15/2018 5:22:59 PM PDT by SMGFan
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France World Cup Chaos | Compilation (YouTube)
2 posted on 07/15/2018 5:27:13 PM PDT by snarkpup ("Socialism is like, 'Hey kid, get in my van. I've got a mountain of candy back there.'"-Styx)
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“youths”.


3 posted on 07/15/2018 5:27:15 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: SMGFan

The French at riotously ecstatic to finally win.

Even if it’s only something as insignificant as soccer.


4 posted on 07/15/2018 5:27:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SMGFan

A Question, WAS there any of the teams that competed for the World Cup have KNEELERS who dropped to their knee when their country;s National Anthem was played. I wonder if in those countries they have better human rights records, or do the people just LOVE their country no matter who is President, and no matter what minorities suffer.


5 posted on 07/15/2018 5:30:14 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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France is much better at soccer because of muslim immigration.


6 posted on 07/15/2018 5:35:34 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: snarkpup

Most didn’t look very ‘French’


7 posted on 07/15/2018 5:39:10 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: SMGFan

Sound like Eagles fans.


8 posted on 07/15/2018 5:44:08 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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Another reason why Croatia should have won!


9 posted on 07/15/2018 5:53:40 PM PDT by 21twelve
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#7: "Most didn’t look very ‘French’"

LOL. They are as "French" as Papa Doc Duvalier. Most don't even speak French, but some African creole patois. It's like the NBA rejects who play in China, not exactly Chinamen.
 

10 posted on 07/15/2018 5:55:45 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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How to act when you win ... they learned it from Baltimore and Chicago.


11 posted on 07/15/2018 5:58:22 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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Why not? Culturally it is the same as the French Revolution - riots, mobs, the guilotine, ect.


12 posted on 07/15/2018 6:04:48 PM PDT by Wuli
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yep. My grandparents were french but never would I root for this NWO arabist entity and soccer team that France has become. The Croates were much more genuine a team imo. The Swiss were rooting for the Croates so that should say something


13 posted on 07/15/2018 6:10:48 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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The Croatian team represented the West and civilization.


14 posted on 07/15/2018 6:14:35 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Be kind to Q-cultists. They need our compassion during their madness.)
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To: BenLurkin

Even if it’s only something as insignificant as soccer.
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Soccer is the number one sport in the world. Tiny minds make insignificant comments.


15 posted on 07/15/2018 6:24:50 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: JohnBrowdie

France won the World Cup in 1998. They have always been a strong contender. This years winners are coached by an outstanding member of the 1998 team.


16 posted on 07/15/2018 6:28:14 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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France is much better at soccer because of muslim immigration.

Unlike 1998, when they were led by the Algerian, Zidane, this team mostly had sub-saharan blacks. In 1998 in the banlieues, they were flying more Algerian flags than French flags.

17 posted on 07/15/2018 6:30:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Well they did what Napoleon couldn’t, win in Russia.


18 posted on 07/15/2018 6:31:48 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Excellent


19 posted on 07/15/2018 6:39:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Alba_Rising @Alba_Risen 8h8 hours ago

French math team, reporting for duty!


20 posted on 07/15/2018 6:52:18 PM PDT by snarkpup ("Socialism is like, 'Hey kid, get in my van. I've got a mountain of candy back there.'"-Styx)
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