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Far-Left Antifa Riot in Multiple French Cities Following Macron Victory
2022-04-28
[Breitbart] Far-left Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
 holy warriors protested and rioted in multiple French cities following the election victory of President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, with festivities breaking out between police and Antifa bad boys.

Demonstrations and riots broke out in several French cities on Sunday night, following the announcement that President EmmanuelMmacron had secured victory in the second round of the French presidential elections, defeating rival Marine Le Pen.

In Gay Paree, several hundred people gathered at the Place du Châtelet before they were dispersed by police and then later gathered at the Place de la République, where they demonstrated against Macron, with one writing "Antifa" on the statue of the monument of the Republic, while others threw projectiles at police, La Belle Franceinfo reports.

Police made several attempts to charge protestors in order to disperse them and at least 12 people were arrested during the course of the evening, but no injuries were reported.

In Lyon, festivities broke out between far-left holy warriors and police shortly after the result of the election was announced, with holy warriors attacking the town hall of the 4th arrondissement, as well as attacking a cop shoppe and a local bank.

The French riot police, the CRS, were present at the scene and deployed tear gas on the holy warriors to disperse the crowd and carried out identity checks. At least one person was arrested.

Tensions were also reported in Rennes, Nantes, Marseilles, Strasbourg and Toulouse
...lies on the banks of the River Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The Toulouse metropolitan area is the fourth-largest in La Belle France...
. In Rennes, around 250 holy warriors erupted into the streets and set fires, while also clashing with police. Seven people were arrested during the course of the rioting.

Rennes had seen rioting after the first round of the presidential election as well, with at least 500 holy warriors taking part in a riot that saw windows of local shops smashed, and graffiti calling for "social war."

In the centre of Nantes, 400 to 500 people gathered and marched behind a banner that called for a revolution in the country.

Antifa extremism remains a major issue in La Belle France, with the Macron government taking a major step prior to the election by banning a Lyon branch of the murderous Moslem group over calls of violence toward police as well as past violent mostly peaceful actions by members of the group.
Posted by:trailing wife

#14  Your agony aunt, Minnie Love,
Is here, friends, when push comes to shove
In affairs of the hole,
Helping Party or prole,
And her answer is, always, "More, guv!"
Posted by: Gleque Fliter4810   2022-04-28 23:16  

#13  When they had the WTO riots in Seattle the same players were just called anarchists then. Now they've found a name they can use to fool the rubes, just like BLM, and the Democratic Socialist Republics.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-04-28 20:24  

#12  They like to pretend they do, though because it makes them sound cool.

Not as cool as a .45.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-04-28 18:06  

#11  
Posted by: Woozy Woozy    2022-04-28 16:00  

#10  
Posted by: Woozle Woozie   2022-04-28 14:36  

#9  Sometimes you need to demonstrate that you are a force to be reckoned with, and must be heard. If you are a source of violence, hence always newsworthy, you get a disproportionate level of influence. That your rank-and-file are just hired mutts and crazies means nothing, and their arrest or loss is unimportant, there are always more. What is important is the limousines parked in the alley behind the organizational headquarters planning the next event, and whose agents ride in them. Until they are arrested for conspiracy, and roll over on the actual puppet masters and the source of their "Dark Money", its all mystery to the uninformed across the world.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-04-28 12:14  

#8  Same reason cities have riots when their sportsball team wins the mega cup.

Besides, keeps the honest protesters off the street.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-04-28 12:10  

#7  ^ Spot on.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-04-28 11:59  

#6  Macron is the status quo. He's a globalist. How is antifa rioting against him? Why would they attack their own side?

Today's antifa has no connection to the 1930s one. They like to pretend they do, though because it makes them sound cool.
Posted by: Blackbeard Unereck7174   2022-04-28 11:57  

#5  I'm not that familiar with French politics; but from what I know, it seems a stretch to lable Macron a Fascist. Or are they just rioting for the sake of rioting?
Posted by: Tom   2022-04-28 11:56  

#4  It is my understanding that Antifa started in Germany in the 1930s battling the Nazi Brownshirts in the streets. It dates back to Antifaschistische Aktion, set up by the Stalinist Communist Party of Germany (KPD).
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-04-28 09:48  

#3  #2: my solution ... all paper, no absentee!
Posted by: irish rage boy   2022-04-28 08:52  

#2  /\ Yes, and oh by the way. Trump did not lose Georgia.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-28 07:35  

#1  
By now, most people see ANTI-FA is NOT a US homegrown grassroots radical Antifascist political movement started against Trump. But a Movement started by deep pockets to achieve or maintain certain political wants, goals and/or to maintain a Status Quo.


Posted by: NN2N1   2022-04-28 07:33  

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