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Yellow Vest protestor shot in back of the head by French police, leaving him with brain injuries
Daily Mail ^ | 1-17-19 | Leslie Eastman

Posted on 01/18/2019 1:12:58 PM PST by Snickering Hound

A fireman who joined France's Yellow Vest protest movement is in a coma after being shot in the head 'like a rabbit' by a police officer using a controversial flash ball gun.

Horrific images show Olivier Beziade, a father-of-three in his 30s, lying on the floor in Bordeaux on Saturday after being hit from behind.

He is wearing one of the high-visibility motoring jackets from which the Yellow Vests get their name.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bordeaux; emmanuelmacron; europe; europeanunion; france; globalwarminghoax; macron; olivierbeziade; yellowvest; yellowvests
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1 posted on 01/18/2019 1:12:58 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

I believe he was accidentally hit with the crowd dispersal round from the flash-ball gun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash-ball


2 posted on 01/18/2019 1:16:21 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Snickering Hound

Shame ful


3 posted on 01/18/2019 1:16:56 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: Snickering Hound

If the reports are correct, this was unwarranted.


4 posted on 01/18/2019 1:19:07 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: nikos1121

What happens when you don’t have a 2nd.


5 posted on 01/18/2019 1:19:45 PM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: Snickering Hound

not good


6 posted on 01/18/2019 1:20:03 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Snickering Hound

Horrible. Many in the comments section say the media is silent on this.


7 posted on 01/18/2019 1:20:48 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: ltc8k6

I don’t.


8 posted on 01/18/2019 1:22:30 PM PST by papertyger (MSM=America's Ex-Wife)
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To: Snickering Hound

Sad for him and his family, but the Yellow Vesters now have a poster-child for their movement.


9 posted on 01/18/2019 1:24:06 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: Snickering Hound

There were bound to be casualties.
They are not submitting like they were supposed to.


10 posted on 01/18/2019 1:26:40 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: papertyger

Well, it was reported that he was hit with a flash-ball round, and you can hardly aim those launchers very well.

He was not shot with a firearm as far as I can tell.


11 posted on 01/18/2019 1:29:01 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Snickering Hound
The local police prefect has ordered a full investigation, claiming that a gang of Yellow Vests was 'trying to get into an Apple store nearby' at the time of the shooting.

So...uh...why not shoot at them instead?

12 posted on 01/18/2019 1:32:30 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: ltc8k6

Accidentally shot in the back? I see where a crowd dispersal weapon may be useful for an advancing mob. Unless this dude was rushing the cops by running backwards, throwing rocks over his shoulders and other life threatening things people do with their backs turned, it was no accident.


13 posted on 01/18/2019 1:34:05 PM PST by redfreedom (The only thing consistent about liberal logic is the inconsistency of their logic.)
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Shot in the back of the HEAD, not just in the back!!! I am surprised he survived!!!


14 posted on 01/18/2019 1:35:45 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
A fireman who joined France's Yellow Vest protest movement... wearing one of the high-visibility motoring jackets from which the Yellow Vests get their name.

15 posted on 01/18/2019 1:38:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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I'll bet that the cops will end up wishing this hadn't happened.

retour sur investissement est une salope

16 posted on 01/18/2019 1:40:34 PM PST by tomkat
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To: ltc8k6
and you can hardly aim those launchers very well.

Where did you get that idea?

17 posted on 01/18/2019 1:41:09 PM PST by papertyger (MSM=America's Ex-Wife)
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To: Snickering Hound

I had previously read that the French cops were aiming for the head with their rounds. They are trying to provoke a violent response. So far, the peaceful protesters haven’t risen to the bait, but if the cops are going to play this game, they might want to send their families to a safe haven, like Vichy.


18 posted on 01/18/2019 1:43:10 PM PST by PAR35
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To: ltc8k6

Looks like this thread is good for identifying a member of the EU social media team.

No about page? Why don’t you at least put up an EU flag.


19 posted on 01/18/2019 1:45:34 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Snickering Hound

Riots against govt for months. Gets shot. Im supposed to feel sorry?


20 posted on 01/18/2019 1:46:49 PM PST by stuck_in_new_orleans
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