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More than 100 arrested in ‘yellow vest’ protests
[DAWN] Over a hundred demonstrators were arrested at yellow vest protests in Gay Paree on Saturday as about 7,500 police were deployed to deal with the movement’s radical anarchist "black blocs" strand.After first marching with the yellow vests, around 1,000 radical demonstrators joined a separate march against climate change where they provoked festivities with police, authorities said. Two bank buildings were damaged in the festivities, along with motor scooters, windows and other property. Some activists built makeshift roadblocks which they then torched. The climate march organisers urged protesters to go home to avoid the festivities which involved teargas and baton charges. The yellow vest movement erupted 10 months ago and blindsided President Emmanuel Macron, whom protesters accuse of being out of touch with the needs of ordinary French people. "We are assembling just to say that we can’t make ends meet. [The protest] is not only against the president, it’s against the system," said a female protester who did not give her name. Related: Yellow vest: 2019-09-15 Police face protesters in Nantes as 'yellow vest' marches resume Yellow vest: 2019-08-13 UN expert urges France to try nationals on death row in Iraq Yellow vest: 2019-07-15 Paris Protesters, Police Clash around Champs-Elysees after Parade Posted by: Fred 2019-09-23 |
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