#antigovernmentprotests

@Regran_ed from @freedom_faction - Thoughts? #Paris is burning. David Vives reports for The Epoch Times that #antigovernmentprotests in #France are growing ever larger as an estimated 125,000 yellow-vested demonstrators in Paris took to the streets yesterday, despite Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s concession last Wednesday to scrap the #taxhike. The 4-week long protests, dubbed the #YellowVestmovement because of the #yellowvests worn by the protesters as a symbol, began online in May 2018 as a protest against a gas tax hike (of about 25 cents a gallon) and metamorphosed into street riots against high taxes, eroding living standards, and what many see as the government’s indifference to the concerns of France’s regions and ordinary people. The movement has spread beyond France to #Belgium. Note: Since 2008, all motorists in France are required by law to have high-visibility yellow vests in their vehicles when driving, as a safety measure should the driver be required to exit the vehicle on the roadside. In Paris, a ring of steel of trucks and reinforced metal barriers surrounded #PresidentEmmanuelMacron’s #ElyseePalace, although Macron himself has gone AWOL, unseen in public all last week. More than 1,200 people were arrested before the Saturday protest began in an effort to mitigate violence as much as possible. The December 1 riots had damaged the Arc de Triomphe and injured 130 people. Police also confiscated from protesters anything that could be used as protection such as helmets, protective glasses, and cartridges of saline solution for the eyes. Saturday’s Yellow Vest crowd was overwhelmingly male, a mix of those with financial grievances and apparently experienced vandals, who tore steadily through some of Paris’ wealthiest neighborhoods, smashing and burning. Demonstrations have been taking place elsewhere in France as well. Police and protesters clashed in the southern cities of #Marseille and #Toulouse... 🖐🏾More in comments👇🏾#VivaLaRevolution #EuropeanUnion #EuropeanArmy - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BrOMzmyH1bl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s0no454hy184