More violence has erupted across France just days after French authorities arrested a key organizer of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) movement.
After the protests began peacefully, Paris police deployed teargas and batons as protesters began to riot during the so-called 'Act VIII" Day of Rage, while marches were underway in several other cities across France and London. Protesters in Paris hurled objects at riot police manning bridge barricades over the Seine river, while garbage bins were torched along the upscale Boulevard Saint Germain.
#Update: Lots of tear gas being thrown towards the #GiletsJaunesprotestors on the #ChampsElysees in #Paris right now! #ActeVIIIpic.twitter.com/0djRrEdhWf
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) January 5, 2019
VIDEO: #YellowVest protesters in Paris gather at the stock exchange where they demand the resignation of French president Emmanuel Macron#GiletsJaunes pic.twitter.com/spV2xmWn7b— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 5, 2019
#GiletsJaune très forte mobilisation à #Paris scènes d'insurrection dans la capitale #Acte8 #ActeVIII #05janvier #05janvier2019pic.twitter.com/obnWptTOkb— LINE PRESS (@LinePress) January 5, 2019
It's kicking off in Paris again. pic.twitter.com/VSK0X7B0TX— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 5, 2019
The #FreeFrench forces drive back Macronist thugs. pic.twitter.com/QZqUm8RZtk— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
VIDEO: #YellowVest protesters clash with riot police in Paris#GiletsJaunes pic.twitter.com/ON18p0UY9m— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 5, 2019
#Update: The #GiletsJaunes protests in #Toulon are still going strong some pictures of the scene. #ActeVIII pic.twitter.com/n3xgLenzV5— Sotiri Dimpinoudis (@sotiridi) January 5, 2019
Twitter user @Bellingdawg, who reported extensively on the Yellow Vest movement, reveals what's going on in Paris and parts of france receiving less mainstream coverage.
Heavy fighting and severe casualties reported by the Frech Observatory for Human Rights at the Léopold-Sédar-Senghor footbridge during the 8th Battle of Paris. pic.twitter.com/ffnsp1iOTR— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
Yellow hordes in the Montpelier afternoon. Far from defeated, the Free French record courageous advances in Paris, Rouen, Bordeaux, Lille, Marseille, Caen, Tours, Épinal and many more key strategic targets around the country. pic.twitter.com/IZcj1IKck8— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
#Alsace #FreeFrenchArmy regiment march on #Colmar.— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
It's fall seems inevitable. pic.twitter.com/UUv02j90Ew
The Battle of #Dijon continues on the rue de la Prefecture. pic.twitter.com/aidHgbD3eW— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
The quays of #Bordeaux are full of #FreeFrenchArmy. It is the first time since the beginning of the revolution that there has been so many people. #YellowVests #GiletsJaunes #GlobalRevolutionpic.twitter.com/9Mnn3plh5H— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 5, 2019
Some demonstrators blocked roads:
"Operation Snail" a complete success on the #A20 between #Paris and #Limoges pic.twitter.com/ZpNQXBElJ3— Bellingdog (@Bellingdawg) January 5, 2019
33-year-old Eric Drouet, one of the Yellow Vest movement's most high-profile leaders, was arrested on Wednesday night for leading an unauthorized demonstration, signaling a crackdown on the anti-government demonstrators after nearly two months of violence-filled protests.
Drouet, a truck driver from the suburbs of Paris, was arrested in Paris on Wednesday evening near the iconic Champs-Élysées avenue - a prime location for the yellow vests to gather. Drouet was detained while leading a commemoration of yellow vests who have died since the movement's inception, most of whom were hit by cars during protests at roundabouts throughout the country, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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