Ça Chauffe! - Turmoil in France

[Gwin Ru]

Victory in France: Judges Overturn Macron's Decree to Deny Food to the Unvaccinated (Video)

Amy Mek
August 29, 2021

The embattled French President, who had previously said he would never mandate coronavirus “vaccines,” has not only broken his promises but is now trying to harm citizens who are refusing to be jabbed.

French judges have taken action against President Emmanual Macron’s oppressive and discriminatory coronavirus vaccination requirements. This past week, judges in two different French departments overturned Macron’s decree’s making the health pass compulsory in several shopping centers. Instead, the judges ruled that it prevented access to essential goods to people who do not have them.

Chaos initially ensued after France had tried to discriminate against the unvaccinated. Citizens were terrified and angry that the government would force them to get vaccinated by banning them from buying essential goods from supermarkets. Crowds protested in front of food markets. You can hear the crowd chants in unison in a spontaneous display of solidarity in the following video.

Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/vj862v

On August 24, the Versailles administrative court suspended the decree from the prefect of Yvelines that health passports be presented as a condition for entry into retail business centers.

Source: https://www.rumble.com/video/vj6tj3

Following the victory in Yvelines, the Strasbourg administrative court also suspended the requirement of a health passport in 14 shopping centers of the Haut-Rhin (Department 68). The court ruled that the decree did not guarantee access to essential goods for all.

The judge ruled that the obligation to present the health passport “carried a serious and obviously illegal attack on the freedom to come and go.” The judge explained that the decree did not allow people who do not have a health pass to buy essential goods in the supermarkets of the shopping centers affected by the measure.

Mass demonstrations have taken place weekly across France following Macron’s announcement on July 12, 2021, of a new law mandating health care workers to be vaccinated. In addition, the left-wing leader warned that “depending on the evolution of the situation,” he would consider compulsory vaccinations for all of the French.

Macron also had extended health passes, which prove you have been vaccinated or received a recent negative Covid test, for citizens taking part in “places of leisure and culture,” along with restaurant and transportation services.

The embattled French President, who had previously said he would never mandate coronavirus “vaccines,” has not only broken his promises but is now trying to harm citizens who are refusing to be jabbed.

[avid]

This is horrendous, the erosion of anyone’s freedom. However, whilst the Nazi’s were supposedly in control of France, ‘allo allo’ tv series still makes it’s olde statement, the resistance, the camararderie, and the positivity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Allo_%27Allo!
There is hope yet…

[avid]

Sorry to digress, but the political tussle of ‘The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies’ was an absolute classic, the outright robbery of works of art, bribery and corruption are alive and happening as we read this,

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WgHglBP7T80

[Gwin Ru]

French riot cops brutally arrest 2 women... but retreat in face of big crowd of anti-Covid pass protesters in Paris mall

RT
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 04:42 UTC

© Twitter / Nicole Elisei

French riot police officers have been scolded for brutally arresting two women, after backing away when confronted by a big group of protesters against the so-called coronavirus health passes, who stormed a mall in central Paris.

Hundreds of people forced their way into the Forum des Halles shopping center on Saturday, amid a nationwide string of demonstrations against the Covid-19 restrictions and mandates. The group was seen chanting 'Freedom!' inside the mall, which is partially underground and connected to the metro transit hub of Chatelet-Les Halles.

To restore public order, authorities deployed a riot police unit, BRAV-M, a French acronym for the Motorized Brigades for the Repression of Violent Actions - even though the crowd was not even technically defying the ban on entering shopping centers without a health certificate, since Forum des Halles is one of a handful of Paris venues exempt from the coronavirus pass mandate.

At one point, the riot cops trying to quell the crowd were "forced to leave the shopping center under pressure" from the demonstrators, according to journalist Clement Lanot.

Multiple videos showed tensions running high, but no direct clashes between the protesters and police. The crowd eventually dispersed peacefully, with no injuries and no damage reported, according to BFMTV.

French media said only three people were arrested inside the complex for "violence and insulting the police" - but a purported video of the arrest caused a torrent of outrage and indignation.

In one of the clips widely shared online, at least half a dozen officers in full riot gear with batons and shields are seen rushing inside the underground station, ganging up on two women and knocking one of them down to the ground. One of the cops is also seen pushing the camera operator aside.

While it's unclear why the women were arrested, the brutality of the response was almost unanimously denounced as excessive. Many called the officers "cowards" who were not that brave in the face of a larger crowd. Others quipped sarcastically that women might feel safer in Kabul, Afghanistan.

In total, an estimated 140,000 people took part in more than 200 rallies all across France on Saturday, for the eighth consecutive weekend in a row. The rallies began in mid-July after President Emmanuel Macron's government introduced a system that made presenting a vaccination certificate or negative Covid-19 test obligatory for those wishing to visit a restaurant, theater, cinema or shopping mall, or travel on a long-distance train.

The authorities maintain that the measure is needed to encourage people to get the jabs and eventually avoid another lockdown. Just over 60% of French citizens have been fully vaccinated, and those who haven't got the shot yet, or are not planning to at all, say that the health pass diminishes their rights and turns them into second-class citizens.

[Tracie (Bodhicee)]

Posted by Gwin Ru (here)
French riot cops brutally arrest 2 women... but retreat in face of big crowd of anti-Covid pass protesters in Paris mall

RT
Sun, 05 Sep 2021 04:42 UTC

© Twitter / Nicole Elisei

French riot police officers have been scolded for brutally arresting two women, after backing away when confronted by a big group of protesters against the so-called coronavirus health passes, who stormed a mall in central Paris.

Hundreds of people forced their way into the Forum des Halles shopping center on Saturday, amid a nationwide string of demonstrations against the Covid-19 restrictions and mandates. The group was seen chanting 'Freedom!' inside the mall, which is partially underground and connected to the metro transit hub of Chatelet-Les Halles.

To restore public order, authorities deployed a riot police unit, BRAV-M, a French acronym for the Motorized Brigades for the Repression of Violent Actions - even though the crowd was not even technically defying the ban on entering shopping centers without a health certificate, since Forum des Halles is one of a handful of Paris venues exempt from the coronavirus pass mandate.

At one point, the riot cops trying to quell the crowd were "forced to leave the shopping center under pressure" from the demonstrators, according to journalist Clement Lanot.

Multiple videos showed tensions running high, but no direct clashes between the protesters and police. The crowd eventually dispersed peacefully, with no injuries and no damage reported, according to BFMTV.

French media said only three people were arrested inside the complex for "violence and insulting the police" - but a purported video of the arrest caused a torrent of outrage and indignation.

In one of the clips widely shared online, at least half a dozen officers in full riot gear with batons and shields are seen rushing inside the underground station, ganging up on two women and knocking one of them down to the ground. One of the cops is also seen pushing the camera operator aside.

While it's unclear why the women were arrested, the brutality of the response was almost unanimously denounced as excessive. Many called the officers "cowards" who were not that brave in the face of a larger crowd. Others quipped sarcastically that women might feel safer in Kabul, Afghanistan.

In total, an estimated 140,000 people took part in more than 200 rallies all across France on Saturday, for the eighth consecutive weekend in a row. The rallies began in mid-July after President Emmanuel Macron's government introduced a system that made presenting a vaccination certificate or negative Covid-19 test obligatory for those wishing to visit a restaurant, theater, cinema or shopping mall, or travel on a long-distance train.

The authorities maintain that the measure is needed to encourage people to get the jabs and eventually avoid another lockdown. Just over 60% of French citizens have been fully vaccinated, and those who haven't got the shot yet, or are not planning to at all, say that the health pass diminishes their rights and turns them into second-class citizens.

Shocking. But I have such admiration for the French spirit. Such spunk. Go France....

[Gwin Ru]

WATCH: Tear gas & clashes in Paris as thousands protest over Covid-19 health passes for 9th consecutive weekend

RT
11 Sep, 2021 17:53
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Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NvbH15AI6Oc

Demonstrators took to the streets of the French capital on Saturday to voice their discontent with the coronavirus health pass policy for the ninth weekend in a row. The protest quickly descended into clashes with police.

Four large-scale demonstrations were scheduled in Paris for Saturday. Crowds of people marched through the streets in various parts of the city, surrounded by tight cordons of police officers wearing riot gear.

The protesters were waving French national flags and holding placards that read: ‘health is not a business’. Some flags of leftist and even Royalist groups were seen in the crowds as well.

Large police forces were deployed in Paris, particularly at the Champs-Elysees and Wagram Avenue in the city’s northwest, where a large gathering was announced. The total number of demonstrators was unclear but the police said they expected around 30,000 to turn up on the streets of the city around midday.

Videos posted on social media showed Paris streets and boulevards flooded with dense crowds.

Tensions quickly boiled over during the demonstrations as footage published on social media showed protesters kicking and verbally assaulting police officers on several occasions. Another video showed the crowd attacking the police with various objects. The police responded with tear gas and batons.

Clashes erupted near the Champs-Elysees in particular, as the police prevented participants of one of the demonstrations from entering the avenue, the French media reported.

Saturday was the ninth consecutive weekend of protests. Rallies began in mid-July after President Emmanuel Macron’s government introduced a system that made presenting a vaccination certificate or negative Covid-19 test obligatory for those wishing to visit a restaurant, theater, cinema and shopping mall or travel on a long-distance train.

The government measures also involved obligatory vaccination for medics, which was opposed by some hospital staff members. The government insisted that the measures are needed to encourage people to get the jabs and eventually avoid another lockdown.

Earlier, the French media reported that the health pass was supported by at least 67% of the population. Opposition to the measure remains significant nonetheless. Some 200 demonstrations against it were planned for Saturday across France. The police expect up to 170,000 people to join such rallies nationwide.

Last Saturday, some 140,000 people took part in the demonstrations, according to the French Interior Ministry.
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Plenty more videos at: https://www.rt.com/news/534591-paris...pass-protests/

[Tintin]

Text: "FRANCE: Montélimar hospital where dozens of planned surgeries are being cancelled because - as decided by mad Macron - 30% of hospital staff now suspended as not vaxxed & there’s nobody to replace them. Yeah, this is about health"

[Gwin Ru]

France suspends 3,000 healthcare workers for failing to get jabbed against Covid – health minister

RT
16 Sep, 2021 11:05
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A nurse demonstrates in Lyon on September 14, 2021 against mandatory health passport obligation for hospital workers. © AFP / Jeff Pachoud

About 3,000 French healthcare workers have been temporarily dismissed on grounds they had not received Covid vaccinations before the mid-September deadline which made inoculation mandatory, Health Minister Olivier Veran announced.

In an interview with RTL Radio on Thursday, Veran shared that on Wednesday “some 3,000 suspensions were served on staff in health and social care facilities who had not yet entered into the vaccination course” against the coronavirus.

Veran noted that a small number of services – mainly technical ones like scanning and x-ray imaging – experienced disruptions for a few hours. However, he insisted that the overall security and quality of care was assured amid the removal of medical personnel.

The layoffs of these few thousand workers, however, is only temporary in a large number of cases, Veran said, and pointed out that the dismissed staff accounted only for a small percentage of France’s 2.7 million healthcare employees nationwide.

The health minister said that a significant number of the personnel have heeded the government’s calls to get vaccinated after realizing that “obligation was a reality.” However, he remarked that “a few dozen” French nurses so far have handed in their resignation notices.

The dismissals come after Paris set a deadline of September 15 for all caregivers, medical personnel, and firefighters to have received at least one shot of a Covid vaccine or face sanctions.

France has been rocked with weeks of protests against the mandatory vaccination of staff in certain sectors, as well as the Covid ‘health pass’. The certification is required for attendees to prove their viral or vaccinated status for entry into some public venues, such as bars, restaurants and large events.

Despite the uproar, however, figures published by Public Health France found that 85.4% of caregivers in nursing homes and long-term care units were fully vaccinated as of Monday, while almost 90% had received at least one dose.

Around 88% of France’s adult population have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 84% are fully vaccinated, according to the latest figures released on Wednesday.

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... that's a lot of people having the guts to say "No!" to the death penalty by injection...

[Gwin Ru]

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... the system got rid of them... maybe it's time to return the gesture:

French hospital staff burn their diplomas after being suspended for not taking the experimental covi 02:18

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First published at 18:38 UTC on September 17th, 2021.

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Source: https://www.bitchute.com/video/9EOzlF5k5Un1

[Gwin Ru]

French Senate Introduces Bill to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Beginning January 1, 2022

by blueapples
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021 - 14:26

Following in the footsteps of much of Europe, France has introduced several stringent vaccine mandates that have irrevocably changed the landscape of life in the nation. The city of lights has been illuminated with the allegorical ambiance of pitchforks and torches as massive protests have taken to the streets of Paris since President Emmanuel Macron announced measures on July 12th that require proof of vaccination to enter cafés, restaurants, and even hospitals. The forewarning of the outcries of those protesters has now reached its apotheosis as the Social Affairs Committee of the French Senate has introduced a bill that will require mandatory vaccinations against COVID-19 for all citizens beginning on January 1st, 2022.

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The proposed vaccine mandate was introduced by Senator Bernard Jomier on October 4th. Jomier, the Senator of Paris who introduced the law proposition, sits as the Vice-Chairman of the Social Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices, Social Security Assessment and Control Mission, and Socialist, Ecologist and Republican Group within the French government. Jomier, a member of the Socialist Party, continues to work as a physician as he had preceding his initial term as a Senator which began in 2017. He and his fellow senators Marie-Pierre La Gontrie, Monique Lubin -- among others -- had initially introduced the premise of a nation-wide vaccine mandate to the French Senate on August 31st but have since crafted the premise of the bill in a much more actionable manner at its first reading before the Social Affairs Committee.

Jomier's vision for enacting compulsory vaccines against COVID-19 would cite precedent that already requires innoculations against other diseases. Under Article L3111-1 of the Public Health Code, there are currently eleven mandatory vaccines required for citizens without medical exemptions. The existing eleven mandatory vaccines are for antidiphtheric, antitetanus, antipoliomyelitis, pertussis, haemophilus influenzae type b, hepatitis virus type b, invasive pneumococcal infections, serogroup c meningococcus, measles, mumps, and rubella. Jomier's law proposition would amend that article of the Public Health Code to add vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 to that schedule. Mandatory vaccinations would take effect beginning January 1st, 2022 and would those who do not comply would be subject to a fine of €135 under Article 519 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure. The fine can increase to as much as €1,500 for repeated offenses in which those mandated to vaccine do not comply. A public session discussion on the proposed amendment to the Public Health Code will take place in the French Senate on October 13th before being forwarded for consideration to the National Assembly.

Effective on September 15th, the French Parliament, the bicameral legislative body which includes the Senate and National Assembly, previously mandated mandatory vaccinations for all healthcare workers. That mandate effected over 2.5 million people who work as hospital staff, paramedics, retirement home workers, and private physicians. Though somewhat of an outlier, the requirement applied to firefighters across France as well. Like elsewhere in the world, this mandate was met with resistance that manifest in organized labor strikes and criticism of the impact mass terminations of unvaccinated workers would have on the French healthcare sector. Since the imposition, at least 3,000 healthcare workers throughout France have been suspended for refusing to take the vaccine. As of October 5th, roughly 75% of the French population has received at least one dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 with 72.8% of them being entirely vaccinated.

The vaccine mandate proposed by Senator Jomier is the second to be introduced by the Socialist, Ecologist and Republican Group. In July, a similar compulsory vaccine requirement was introduced by the coalition but was rejected. However, at the time of that previous deliberation, the policy apparatus in France was drastically different. Now that the French government has implemented more stringent requirements that have led to a huge proportion of its population being vaccinated, they may provide them the momentum to become the first country to require vaccination against COVID-19.

[Brigantia]

Posted by Gwin Ru (here)
French Senate Introduces Bill to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Beginning January 1, 2022

by blueapples
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2021 - 14:26

Following in the footsteps of much of Europe, France has introduced several stringent vaccine mandates that have irrevocably changed the landscape of life in the nation. The city of lights has been illuminated with the allegorical ambiance of pitchforks and torches as massive protests have taken to the streets of Paris since President Emmanuel Macron announced measures on July 12th that require proof of vaccination to enter cafés, restaurants, and even hospitals. The forewarning of the outcries of those protesters has now reached its apotheosis as the Social Affairs Committee of the French Senate has introduced a bill that will require mandatory vaccinations against COVID-19 for all citizens beginning on January 1st, 2022.

I'm dubious about this story because the document in the post is in American English - is there a copy of the original in French? Has it been reported elsewhere?

[Gwin Ru]

Posted by Brigantia (here)
[...]
I'm dubious about this story because the document in the post is in American English - is there a copy of the original in French? Has it been reported elsewhere?

... very good point!

However:

https://www.senat.fr/dossier-legislatif/ppl20-811.html
Vaccination obligatoire contre le SARS-CoV-2 - Sénat
proposition de loi instaurant la vaccination obligatoire contre le SARS-CoV-2. ... Travaux de commission. Commission des affaires sociales, saisie au fond.

http://www.senat.fr/espace_presse/ac...ars_cov_2.html
Vaccination obligatoire contre le SARS-CoV-2 - Sénat
5 hours ago ... Mercredi 6 octobre 2021, la commission des affaires sociales a examiné le rapport de Bernard JOMIER sur la proposition de loi instaurant la ...

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000044170958
Documents déposés - Légifrance
11 hours ago ... N° 13 (2021-2022) Proposition de loi, adoptée par l'Assemblée ... par M. Bernard JOMIER au nom de la commission des affaires sociales sur la ...

https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/direction-des-commissions
Direction des Commissions - Assemblée nationale
Mme Clémentine JOMIER, Conseillère, adjointe à la cheffe de service. 01.40.63.65.02 ... Service de la commission des Affaires sociales.

https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/instances/resume/OMC_PO781458/legislature/15
Commission mixte paritaire chargée de proposer un texte sur les ...
... proposer un texte sur les dispositions restant en discussion de la proposition de loi visant ... Affaires sociales La République en Marche Côte-d'Or 3e ...

https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/p...on-obligatoire
Covid-19 : l'auteur du texte sur la vaccination obligatoire veut des ...
3 days ago ... Bernard Jomier, rapporteur de la proposition de loi instaurant la ... a été rejeté en commission des affaires sociales ce 6 octobre.

The above was generated by Startpage with this search string:

proposition de loi assemblee comite affaires sociales jomier

[Gwin Ru]

Posted by Gwin Ru (here)

Posted by Brigantia (here)
[...]
I'm dubious about this story because the document in the post is in American English - is there a copy of the original in French? Has it been reported elsewhere?

... very good point!

However:

https://www.senat.fr/dossier-legislatif/ppl20-811.html
Vaccination obligatoire contre le SARS-CoV-2 - Sénat
proposition de loi instaurant la vaccination obligatoire contre le SARS-CoV-2. ... Travaux de commission. Commission des affaires sociales, saisie au fond.

http://www.senat.fr/espace_presse/ac...ars_cov_2.html
Vaccination obligatoire contre le SARS-CoV-2 - Sénat
5 hours ago ... Mercredi 6 octobre 2021, la commission des affaires sociales a examiné le rapport de Bernard JOMIER sur la proposition de loi instaurant la ...

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000044170958
Documents déposés - Légifrance
11 hours ago ... N° 13 (2021-2022) Proposition de loi, adoptée par l'Assemblée ... par M. Bernard JOMIER au nom de la commission des affaires sociales sur la ...

https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/direction-des-commissions
Direction des Commissions - Assemblée nationale
Mme Clémentine JOMIER, Conseillère, adjointe à la cheffe de service. 01.40.63.65.02 ... Service de la commission des Affaires sociales.

https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/instances/resume/OMC_PO781458/legislature/15
Commission mixte paritaire chargée de proposer un texte sur les ...
... proposer un texte sur les dispositions restant en discussion de la proposition de loi visant ... Affaires sociales La République en Marche Côte-d'Or 3e ...

https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/p...on-obligatoire
Covid-19 : l'auteur du texte sur la vaccination obligatoire veut des ...
3 days ago ... Bernard Jomier, rapporteur de la proposition de loi instaurant la ... a été rejeté en commission des affaires sociales ce 6 octobre.

The above was generated by Startpage with this search string:

proposition de loi assemblee comite affaires sociales jomier

... thinking of it now... I just clicked on the embedded link at the beginning of the summary:

The proposed vaccine mandate was introduced by Senator Bernard Jomier on October 4th. Jomier...

[Brigantia]

Great news! I just stumbled on this, the mandatory jab law proposal for France was massively defeated two days ago. For - 64; against - 262.

This bodes well for the rest of Europe.

https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/p...tion-vaccinale

"Le vaccin contre le covid-19 ne rejoindra pas la liste des vaccinations obligatoires. Les sénateurs n’ont pas adopté ce 13 octobre la proposition de loi déposée par les socialistes. Leur groupe s’est retrouvé isolé. Le gouvernement promet de poursuivre sur la voie de la pédagogie."

[Arcturian108]

The victory in French Parliament yesterday, mentioned by Brigantia is partially translated as follows:

"The covid-19 vaccine will not join the list of mandatory vaccinations. The senators did not adopt the bill tabled by the Socialists on October 13. Their group found themselves isolated. The government promises to continue on the path of education.
OCT 13, 2021
By Guillaume Jacquot
@Algdelest

Another setback for the supporters of compulsory vaccination against covid-19 in the general population, as well as the 11 vaccines imposed on children born from 2018. The Senate did not adopt the bill "establishing vaccination mandatory against SARS-CoV-2 ”. The text, tabled by members of the Socialist Group at the end of August, was rejected on October 13 in public session, by 262 votes to 64. This parliamentary initiative will therefore not go further.

Only almost all of the socialist group behind the text voted in favor of the text, joined only by three colleagues from the center and the right. The other groups preferred to reject it. 14 senators of various tendencies have chosen to abstain. The government, through Adrien Taquet, has also expressed its opposition. "We prefer to convince than to coerce," insisted the Secretary of State for Children and Families.

Last week, the text had already failed to convince the Social Affairs Committee in its vast majority. As of July 24, the Socialist senators tried to insert this provision by amending the bill establishing the compulsory vaccination for caregivers and the health pass. It was rejected by 262 votes to 76.

"A debate that now seems dated"
In the meantime, the country's vaccination coverage has continued to increase, especially since the entry into force of the health pass, a tool that the government wishes to be able to use, if necessary, until July 31, 2022. A bill was presented in this sense on Wednesday. However, the effects of the health pass, which without telling people to go to vaccination centers, "are running out of steam", according to Bernard Jomier. The rapporteur, a member of the environmentalist and republican socialist group, recalled during the introductory debates on the vaccination obligation that there were still "9 million people to be immunized" against the coronavirus. "The truth of the matter is that covid-19 vaccines are effective, as few vaccines have been, that they are safe, and that they are our best weapon," he said. argued."

[Gwin Ru]

...

... ça chauffe... partout!

https://twitter.com/AnonymeCitoyen

[Brigantia]

Posted by Gwin Ru (here)
...

... ça chauffe... partout!

https://twitter.com/AnonymeCitoyen

Mais bien sûr!

Anonyme Citoyen has become my go-to resource for updates on protests around the world, also I've learnt from it about the awful conditions in Guadeloupe. They've just posted that more police have been flown in there to quell the protests.

[Gwin Ru]

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SciFi World
Sh!t throwers vs water cannon... https://twitter.com/i/status/1468663406177972224

[onawah]

Can someone who speaks French please translate into English and tell us what is going on there?
Have protesters brought dump trucks full of manure to a protest and dumped it in front of police who were spraying protesters with water hoses?
If so, that's quite a statement!

Posted by Gwin Ru (here)
...

SciFi World
Sh!t throwers vs water cannon... https://twitter.com/i/status/1468663406177972224

[Brigantia]

Posted by onawah (here)
Can someone who speaks French please translate into English and tell us what is going on there?
Have protesters brought dump trucks full of manure to a protest and dumped it in front of police who were spraying protesters with water hoses?
If so, that's quite a statement!

Courtesy of Google Translate (which seems to be a lot more accurate than it used to be):

"Chaos in #Montauban. Angry farmers threw manure on the police water cannon and forced the anti-riot barriers protecting the Prefecture of Tarn-et-Garonne with a backhoe loader."

Yep, you've gotta love French farmers; a while ago they sprayed manure onto the windows of the Élysées Palace... someone had left a window open...