The protesters organize and march. The police shadow them and try to prevent them from taking over major streets or from getting anywhere too visible.
The protesters take back streets and move around furtively to try to get a foothold. They start to succeed because the police don't want to get too confrontational with them.
The French call in the national police. They are more hard-line. They don't budge. They form walls 15 officers deep. They press into the crowd. They start using rubber bullets. They start grabbing protesters and beating them into submission.
Now we are here. The protesters have been trying for 30 days without any support from the media, they are succeeding, and the government is cracking down on them.
This didn't happen in a day.. and it didn't happen just because some "Antifa" types showed up today. It's a pressure cooker over there. You're just not being told about it.
It's been a cat and mouse game the last month.
The protesters organize and march. The police shadow them and try to prevent them from taking over major streets or from getting anywhere too visible.
The protesters take back streets and move around furtively to try to get a foothold. They start to succeed because the police don't want to get too confrontational with them.
The French call in the national police. They are more hard-line. They don't budge. They form walls 15 officers deep. They press into the crowd. They start using rubber bullets. They start grabbing protesters and beating them into submission.
Now we are here. The protesters have been trying for 30 days without any support from the media, they are succeeding, and the government is cracking down on them.
This didn't happen in a day.. and it didn't happen just because some "Antifa" types showed up today. It's a pressure cooker over there. You're just not being told about it.