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French Police Deploy Rifles with Live Ammunition to Yellow Vest Protests
Breitbart ^ | 15 Jan, 2019 | Chris Tomlinson

Posted on 01/15/2019 7:03:33 PM PST by MtnClimber

French riot police (CRS) are alleged to have begun deploying assault rifles with live ammunition for the first time during the ninth weekend of protest in a row by the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement.

French officers were caught on video brandishing what appeared to be Heckler & Koch G36 assault rifles on the streets of the French capital near the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday, the Daily Mail reports.

Several users on Twitter posted other pictures of officers armed with rifles, with one user claiming he had counted at least a dozen armed officers at around 3 p.m. near the famous monument.

Only a week prior to the “Act IX” protest, former French Minister of Education Luc Ferry had seemingly endorsed the use of live ammunition on Yellow Vest protestors in an interview with French media.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: france; revolt; yesterday
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To: SkyDancer; All

Did you hear about the new French tanks? They have 4 gears in reverse, and one forward gear - in case they are attacked from behind.

Sorry about that. I love France - Paris is magnifique!


41 posted on 01/15/2019 9:20:39 PM PST by tjd1454
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To: Phillyred

Yeah, we are not supposed to notice that leftist governments never give up their guns. Odd that. They do hate them, supposedly.


42 posted on 01/15/2019 9:31:48 PM PST by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: justa-hairyape

Maybe the yellow vests can find a mosque to lend them some rifles


43 posted on 01/15/2019 9:40:42 PM PST by inchworm
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To: Mikemurphy

They have shot two per twitter. Daily Mail has one video.


44 posted on 01/15/2019 10:07:53 PM PST by MarMema (don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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To: MtnClimber

I have not paid close attention to this.

However, every time I see video of the Yellow Vest demonstrators, they all wear masks, they smash surveillance cameras, they provoke the Police, etc.

In other words, they behave just like the Anarchists we have here in Seattle.


45 posted on 01/15/2019 10:21:20 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: MtnClimber

man, don’t ya know the Yellow Vests are just looking for a martyr?
Good luck with that Manny.


46 posted on 01/16/2019 4:17:07 AM PST by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' baby, Molon Labe)
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To: 353FMG

Eastern Europe and Germany is the locus for high quality small arms smuggling throughout the world. If the French need arms, they can easily buy what they need from neighboring countries.


47 posted on 01/16/2019 7:32:43 AM PST by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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