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23,000 police mobilized to protect Tour de France
2016-05-25
The price for refusing to submit to the Master Religion is meant to be high.
[Ynet] Cyclists at the Tour de La Belle France will be under the watch of an unprecedented force of 23,000 police, including SWAT-like intervention squads, as the government tries to ensure security amid bad boy threats.

La Belle France has been in a state of emergency since attacks on Gay Paree in November killed 130 people, with soldiers guarding landmarks and religious sites. The emergency measures were extended last week to cover the European soccer championship next month and the Tour de La Belle France, which runs from July 2-24.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve met on Tuesday with Tour director Christian Prudhomme and afterward announced exceptional security measures.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Being the devious SOB I am, it seems to me that during the Tour would be the perfect time to do a bank heist or a terrorist attack elsewhere as most of the police force is off faffing about.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-05-25 12:04  

#2  What about her protection ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-05-25 06:00  

#1  Unprecedented? They have hundreds, maybe a thousand or so cops at each stage every year. Unless they plan to have 23,000 at every stage (21 stages, 2,000+ miles total), a physical impossibility, this seems like a non-news item, or just a dumb one.
Posted by: Raj   2016-05-25 00:59  

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