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I am glad you had a break! Did you see this? People are waking up all over. Maybe I should restart my twtter ping list. 2 minute video of long lines of uniformed and plainclothes cops tossing down the handcuffs, taking the side of the people. No commentary, just a bit in French at the end, maybe you know French and can tell us what he is saying. Or Lone Palm!

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Police side with the people in France March 30th 2021..

Now it’s time to go after the bankers, politicians and ones responsible for these crimes against Humanity.. pic.twitter.com/yokSAqoVzo— Veritas News Feed (@veritasnewsfeed) April 3, 2021

Looks like Veritas got punked, darnit!

The real story:
Police across France threw away their handcuffs on Thursday and Friday to protest a new ban on chokeholds and neck restraint.

In Rennes, police locked their cuffs to the fence outside the prefecture.
On Monday, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced the chokehold will no longer be taught in police and gendarmerie schools. “It is a method that has its dangers,” he told AFP.

Castaner “doesn’t even know what he’s talking about.” Police union leader Jean-Paul Megret said. “Every day, you’re dealing with people who are completely insane.”

Protesting new restrictions on the use of force, police across France threw away their handcuffs in public demonstrations on Thursday and Friday.

In the Paris suburb of Bobigny, officers stood in line to throw down their cuffs one at a time, the BBC reported, Similar demonstrations were held in Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and other cities.

Angry French police officers discard their handcuffs to protest reforms, which they say don’t give them the means to properly intervene.

2019 data shows some 10 aggressions against French police daily, making policing one of the toughest jobs in France.

On Friday a convoy of squad cars drove down the Champs-Élysées sounding their horns.

The actions came after Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced on Monday a ban on chokeholds and neck restraints, after a weekend of anti-police protests where participants invoked George Floyd and Adama Traore, a Mali-French 24-year-old who was killed in police custody in 2016.

Handcuffs on the ground in Bordeaux during a protest called by police unions.

The speech is too fast for me. I got maybe one word in three.

The pink page being held up near the middle said, "Forces of order keep the world magical."

WWG1WGA

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

Police side with the people in France March 30th 2021..
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It looks like someone co-opted the video to suggest the police protest was in support of citizens who were violating the covid mandates. My understanding is that the police threw down their handcuffs to protest a new ban on chokeholds and neck restraints.