{"id":182666,"date":"2019-01-25T06:56:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T06:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=182666"},"modified":"2019-01-28T06:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T06:53:45","slug":"doctors-say-number-of-serious-injuries-inflicted-on-yellow-vests-unprecedented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=182666","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Say Number of Serious Injuries Inflicted on Yellow Vests Unprecedented"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Chris Tomlinson \u2013 Breibart Jan 23, 2019<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/injured-yellow-vest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-182667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/injured-yellow-vest.png\" alt=\"injured yellow vest\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/injured-yellow-vest.png 640w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/injured-yellow-vest-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Doctors, activists and others are sounding the alarm over the number of serious injuries suffered by <em>Gilets\u00a0Jaunes<\/em> (Yellow Vest) movement activists at the hands of police during the past several weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The French Interior Ministry has claimed that in the first nine weeks of the Yellow Vest protests around\u00a01,800 protesters and 1,000 police officers have been injured but have not separated out those with serious injuries,\u00a0<em>L\u2019Express<\/em> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lexpress.fr\/actualite\/societe\/gilets-jaunes-je-n-ai-jamais-vu-autant-de-blesses-graves_2058008.html#xtor=AL-447\">reports<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Doctors in France\u2019s emergency rooms say that some of the injuries\u00a0have been extremely\u00a0serious, blaming the police use of \u201cflash-ball\u201d shots which have led to some of the most serious injuries, including at least four protestors, two of them women, who have lost an eye and suffered some form of disfigurement.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Police Deploy Rifles with Live Ammunition to Yellow Vest Protests <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pcj3Bz5vDK\">https:\/\/t.co\/pcj3Bz5vDK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1085110317535977474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Documentary filmmaker David Dufresne has revealed the details of some of the most serious injuries, listing protestors who have lost hands, had jaws\u00a0shattered or their eyes ripped open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The level of police violence against the\u00a0Yellow Vests was condemned by Amnesty International as early as mid-December\u00a0and has been followed by medical professionals including facial reconstruction surgeon Professor Laurent\u00a0Lantieri, a pioneer in facial transplantation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Emergency physician Dr\u00a0Christophe Prudhomme, who works at\u00a0a hospital in the Paris suburbs, said the highest number of injuries occurred at the <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/12\/08\/in-pictures-yellow-vest-act-iv-protest-violence-spreads-across-macrons-france\/\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Act IV\u201d protest in December<\/strong><\/span><\/a> but that every Saturday the hospital sees a surge in emergency cases<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Footage of a Yellow Vest being shot with a rubber bullet is going viral on social media; clashes between and police and protesters are taking place in the port city of Marseilles <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3ot7no3ICc\">https:\/\/t.co\/3ot7no3ICc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1071430075441127424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Dr Prudhomme also spoke\u00a0out against the use of flash-ball shots that some have claimed were purposely aimed at protestors heads, saying: \u201cThe head is still something very fragile. At the level of the face, projectiles at high velocity can only cause damage,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cWhether it\u2019s voluntary or a sign of incompetence, that\u2019s a problem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cI have been working in this sector since the 1980s and this is the first time I have seen so many serious injuries during a social movement,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Physician\u00a0Patrick Pelloux said that the next big challenge for emergency personnel\u00a0 could be an upcoming march in support of French President\u00a0 Emmanuel\u00a0 Macron scheduled for Sunday, noting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cIt could rally opponents, especially Yellow Vests, and if people start fighting with each other, there is a risk of being overwhelmed,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yellow Vest Popularity in France Surges as Protests Find New Momentum <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tvJGT70LrT\">https:\/\/t.co\/tvJGT70LrT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1085487073438695425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">What began as a mass protest against\u00a0a rise in fuel taxes has become the largest social movement in France\u2019s recent history, with an overwhelming number of French continuing to support the movement which has now proposed the idea of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y5W45Va0cPE\">Swiss-style<\/a><\/strong><\/span> Citizen Initiated Referendums (RIC) that could enact or repeal laws, strip politicians of their offices, or even amend the French constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A recent <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lci.fr\/politique\/sondage-lci-73-des-francais-favorables-au-referendum-d-initiative-citoyenne-2110687.html\">poll<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>released by\u00a0OpinionWay on behalf of broadcaster LCI revealed that 73 percent of French people backed the RIC proposal, with voters of populist leader Marine Le Pen showing 86 percent support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The poll follows a similar poll released at the start of the month which showed an even higher\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/01\/03\/80-percent-of-french-back-yellow-vest-citizen-referendum-initiative-proposal\/\">80 percent support<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>for the RIC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2019\/01\/23\/doctors-say-number-of-serious-injuries-inflicted-on-yellow-vests-unprecedented\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macron shows his true colours as doctors in emergency rooms warn that the number of seriously injured protestors is &#8216;unprecedented&#8217; 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