Posted on 05/01/2019 9:18:06 AM PDT by caww
RIOTING has broken out in Paris today as thousands gathered for May Day protests dubbed an 'Armageddon by extremist demonstrators..Paris police said 250 people had been arrested, most for public order offences related to the rioting, as cops clashed with 'Black Bloc' anti-capitalists.
Weapons were also confiscated as the police used tear gas, rubber bullets and baton charges to try and restore order.
Thugs from the so-called Black Bloc anti-capitalist movement were involved in running battles with police soon after 1pm (local time).
Black Bloc activists with their faces covered could be seen leading attacks on officers, and smashing up vehicles and shop fronts.
The worst early violence was outside La Rotonde, President Emmanuel Macrons favourite restaurant in Montparnasse.
A CRS riot control officer at the scene said: "Black Bloc agitators were throwing stones and other missiles at us, and we had to charge.
"Tear gas has also been deployed to bring order to the situation. The situation is very tense. There have been 88 arrests reported so far."
Huge parts of Paris are on lockdown today as an unprecedented 7,400 police officers have been drafted onto the streets.
May Day riots are expected in the French capital today, following the months of chaos caused by 'Yellow Vest' protesters.
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France needs to clean out the moose slime filth from all of France ...
True but this fun fest was caused by leftists and super-fa as opposed to the allah snackbar
Having Muslim Countries as Colonies tends to bite you in the butt ultimately.
It was worse in 1968? I was a schoolboy then, and not paying attention to Europe, except as seen in history books.
I know the democratic convention in the USA was said to be
crazy-over the top too.
Nixon was running, and Johnson was being challenged on his side. MLK and RFK had been killed during that spring. That part, the assassinations, I DO recall vividly.
Geez. I would let that Lady Cop beat on me with that baton al day long if she wanted!!
Some pics from then:
Most of those demonstrators were students.
Ironically around that same time the Czech Students were protesting the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
And the organizers for the French Demonstrations came out in support of.....The Soviet Union.
That's what I've been wondering. What's happening to tourism in Paris, and in France overall this year? And now with poor Notre Dame apparently closed for several years...
Looks like they want Macron out but he’s not listening..... I’M with you on overseas travel...too much of this violent protesting or conflicts over there....I’ll stay right here in the good ol USA and out of the big city areas.
France doing what France does.
They’re always mostly students and immature street thugs. College kids are the easiest to ‘hit on’ for protests. They all have too much time on their hands and their need to ‘feel’ significant is great.
Just for Macron?
We shouldnt waste any more of our blood or treasure on the euros.
That makes sense, since they are motivated by communism and the destruction of capitalism.
And many of those Soixante-Retards eventually took over the major French institutions.
As long as they take each other out, I’m good with that!
Actually, communists doing what communists do. Disrupt in attempts to destroy capitalism without the bloody war, because they fear they might actually lose. Thus they convince the youth that communism will provide a better life than capitalism, and send their useful idiots out to fight against capitalism. The most effective way to defeat capitalism is not by war, but by subversion from within.
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