Saturday, December 8, 2018

Some 10K Paris Protesters Set Fires, Raze Stores; Chant for President Emmanuel Macron to Resign

The elegant streets of central Paris were transformed into something like a war zone today (December 8, 2018), as anti-government protesters gathered to demonstrate against higher taxes for the third consecutive weekend, prompting unprecedented police action, according to the Independent (British) website.

Out on the graffiti-laden, boarded-up streets about 10,000 people from the outer suburbs and elsewhere in the region chanted repeated calls for President Emmanuel Macron to resign.

More than 600 people were arrested in the capital alone.

Some of the demonstrators set objects on fire in the middle of the road, ripped down signs, and smashed shop windows. The crack of tear gas canisters was heard throughout the day, and police used the tactic of "kettling" demonstrators, herding them into a small space and then, in some cases, firing rubber bullets at the crowd.

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