Posted on 07/14/2019 6:44:27 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Paris - It was a warm afternoon in March. David Breidenstein says he looked on as some of the more radical yellow vest protesters set fire to Le Fouquet's, not just a restaurant but a symbol of wealth and power in France.
As the flames spread licking at the famous red awning, Breidenstein quickly turned on his feet hoping to distance himself from the blaze, fearful of getting caught up in the violence he says he wasn't fueling.
A few seconds later he stopped, lit a cigarette, and as he looked back towards the riot police he felt the full force of a golf-ball-size rubber bullet strike his left eye. "It felt like a lump of concrete. I fell to the ground and thought 'I've lost my eye, it's gone.'"
Breidenstein is one of at least 24 people who have lost an eye since the "gilets jaunes," or Yellow Vest, protests began in November 2018, according to Desarmons-Les, a support group for those maimed on the streets of French cities.
What began as a campaign against a gas tax hike, morphed into a broader rally against President Emmanuel Macron's government. Scenes of violent clashes erupted across France. Protesters hurled petrol bombs and bricks while the riot police used water cannons, stun grenades and tear gas as they attempted to contain the anger.
In March France's interior ministry put the number of Yellow Vests injured at 2,200 and put the number of police officers hurt in the clashes at 1,500. The ministry would not give CNN the number of people who sustained eye injuries.
David Breidenstein says one of his great regrets is that his eye injury has kept him from protesting. He will be back on the streets on Bastille Day.
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Head shots almost certainly were INTENTIONAL on the part of the French police. I don’t recall any Muslims in France suffering similar injuries.
It’s clear who the French establishment hate the most!
The boot in the face from 1984.
http://findingyoursoul.com/2013/06/the-cat-who-sat-on-a-hot-stove-lid/
If you choose to live within a “safe” world for the rest of your life, you can do that. If you wish to live free, however, you will have to forfeit some of that security.
Le Fouquet’s
https://youtu.be/cifoGr_JW9E
Always wear proper PPE when participating in a riot.
Antifa do.
Plus they conceal their faces from ID.
Mark
But we have been dubbed as “violent facists” by pro-Antifa mainstream media.
If you want to be able to see the riot happening around you, you will have to put out some money to get one with a fog proof lens.
When you are moving around running and throwing Molotov cocktails, you get hot and sweaty. That lens will fog up and you will not be able to see your target.
You are going to have to spring for the fog proof lens.
But we have been dubbed as “violent fascists” by pro-Antifa mainstream media.
So, who are these guys, and why are they burning down restaurants?
Bump
Oh look! A yellow vest story! And this one even has a source!!
Followed by this:
Maybe to set restaurants on fire is not a good idea to start with.
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