Posted on 01/07/2019 6:09:33 PM PST by Nextrush
The message from President Emmanuel Macron's government communicated through the media is that "thugs" and "violence" must addressed in France following the predominately peaceful resurgence of the Yellow Vests protesters last weekend.
French President Emmanuel Macron's Prime Minister Edouard Philippe appeared on the TF 1 news Monday night to announce 80-thousand police will be deployed next Saturday including 5-thousand in Paris.
The government is proposing new laws that would punish protesters who's protests are not approved by the government, would ban people designated as "troublemakers" from protests and ban the wearing of masks during protests.
Meanwhile government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux is blaming opposition political parties and saying they should be denouncing attacks on government buildings that have occurred during the protests.
One of those politicians reacting is Nicolas Dupont-Aignan of the Gaullist Debout France party, who says protesters violence is wrong but:
"The rule of law is not one way. It also applies to the government which should not give instructions of brutality"
Dupont-Aignan was referring to the police attacks on protesters in Toulon last Saturday which are under investigation.
There's been a Facebook post of support and fundraising for the man now in police custody after he acted against the police crackdown on protesters last Saturday. By late Monday some 95-thousand dollars of support had been raised.
The post was headlined:
"Support Christophe D our national boxer"
It also read:
"This weekend in the face of the pressure he took a risk to defend the protesters"
The sister-in-law of the boxer who punched the riot police also posted a video from him explaining his action as well.
Boxer Christophe Dettinger says his punches at the riot police last Saturday were his way of responding to being attacked by them:
"I got gassed on the last day, yes I wanted to advance on the CRS"
Link below......
very progressive. You can protest anything the government will allow you to protest. I guess he never heard the JFK quote, “those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable”.
Very true words.
Blog-pimping is most unattractive.
Probably a media plant. The Cameraman was right there following as if it was staged. They already previously had Macron’s henchman and body guard Benala pausing as police and doing violence on leftist protesters which made police look bad.
Meanwhile, bring in a million more muslims. Eventually “protesters” will just be beheaded or put into drowning tanks.
Government crack down making heroes of common folks. Such is the way of all revolutions.
I think we need to focus more on France. They are historically important in that they gave life and philosophy of Independence to the fledgling United States.
If it were not for the French, we would be an English colony, with no 2nd Amendment or even 1st Amendment!
Let’s pay them back! (C’est tres imortant!)
Vive la France!
Sorry about the typo. important.
Vive La France!
“I think we need to focus more on France.” I agree. George Washington did.
Macron is a fool and the yellow vests are signs of victory. Marie Antoinette was a heroine who was unjustly framed by the freaks in France.
Am I willing to be suspicious? Yes I am, too.
This is a dead serious game about money and power, about business and banking profits and who is the king of the hill in this world, China, the USA or the EU dominated by Deutschland.
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