Posted on 02/11/2022 9:32:09 AM PST by rktman
Protesters angry over pandemic restrictions are driving toward Paris in scattered convoys of camper vans, cars and trucks to blockade the French capital despite a police ban
French convoys protesting virus rules move toward ParisThe Associated PressPARIS
PARIS (AP) — Protesters angry over pandemic restrictions drove toward Paris in scattered convoys of camper vans, cars and trucks Friday in an effort to blockade the French capital, despite a police ban.
From the Mediterranean coast to the northern city of Lille, the protesters organized their “freedom convoys” online, galvanized in part by truckers who have blockaded Canada’s capital and blocked border crossings. The French action has no single leader or goal, and comes as months of protests against French government vaccination rules have been waning.
Paris region authorities deployed more than 7,000 police officers to tollbooths and other key sites to try to prevent a blockade. They threatened heavy fines and other punishments for those who defy the protest ban, which authorities said was necessary to prevent “risk to public order.”
Railing against France’s vaccination pass required to enter restaurants and many other venues, protesters waved French flags from their car windows and honked at onlookers. The convoys sought to avoid police detection by traveling local roads instead of the major highways leading into Paris.
It was unclear whether they would be able to enter Paris and join protests planned in the city Saturday.
Some of the French protesters are threatening to continue their journey to Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the European Union, and to meet up there with drivers from other countries on Monday.
Belgian authorities also banned the threatened blockade, and a similar convoy planned for Friday in Vienna was canceled after authorities banned it.
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Anywhere but the US.
You don’t want them to happen here?
Could be interesting starting March 4-5 to see what steps the DHS folks take to prevent a convoy heading to d.c.
I meant that the protests, with *real* risks associated with them, are happening anywhere but the US.
The cool thing about truckers is that it’s hard to starve them out - the ones bringing them food and fuel are other truckers.
In Canada, the police are confiscating their fuel and firewood, and the truckers can’t stop them without getting physical - if they get physical they give up their claim of being peaceful.
What the cops are doing is shameful.
What’s needed is for the cops to start refusing to follow orders from politicians - refusing to enforce state mandates - then these trucker protests will be supercharged.
> What’s needed is for the cops to start refusing to follow
> orders from politicians - refusing to enforce state mandates
> - then these trucker protests will be supercharged.
In 1991, the Soviet Politburo ordered the Russian military to fire on Russian anti-government demonstrators and strikers. The Russian military refused to fire on Russian civilians, effectively toppling the Soviet regime.
If only Law Enforcement and the military in the “Free World” would stand up to these despicable tyrants, these regimes would be powerless.
Needs a Sarc tag;
/S
DHS thinks truckers are
Headed to
STOUPER BOWL!
Depends on how beaten down they are!
Here in my part of Raleigh (suburb) masks are no longer basically required in businesses and I’d say 70% still wearing them:-(
Ok - thanks for the clarification.
I think you are saying you would like to see them happen in the US, but you don’t think the truckers here have the guts to take the risks.
If so, I’m not saying you are wrong, but I hope you are.
Two years ago, would you have guessed the Canadians and the French would turn out to be the ones with guts?
As I said in another thread, everything hinges on what the cops do. Right now, they are “just following orders” like good nazi gestapo. The cops in Canada are confiscating firewood and gasoline from truckers so they will freeze to death.
They are arresting and cuffing people for simply honking their horns in support of the protest.
But how can these cops go home and look at themselves in the mirror? How long will they keep enforcing this crap?
I don’t know the answer, but I believe there has always been a silent majority of conservatives - and it seems like they are getting tired of being silent.
Time will tell.
Sarcasm, or perhaps cynicism, or regret.
Maybe it should have been preceded by “Unfortunately,…” or “Sadly,…”.
That way we would know whether the person making the prediction approves or disapproves.
Sure hope so. The government can't "ban" a protest like this - silliest thing I ever heard.
Don't they realize that people don't have anything left to lose?
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