{"id":186437,"date":"2019-04-09T08:09:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T08:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=186437"},"modified":"2019-04-13T06:10:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T06:10:32","slug":"in-france-police-violence-escalates-to-quell-yellow-vests-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=186437","title":{"rendered":"In France, Police Violence Escalates To Quell Yellow Vests Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Manuel and Adam Long \u2013 Activist Post April 8, 2019<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_182667\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/injured-yellow-vest.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182667\" class=\"wp-image-182667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/injured-yellow-vest.png\" alt=\"\" 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 id=\"caption-attachment-182667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Injured Yellow Jacket protester. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Police violence is a regular Saturday occurrence. The guys who get hurt and injured aren\u2019t hooligans, but protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">These are the words of David Dufresne, an independent journalist who\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/lesterfeder\/yellow-vests-police-brutality-social-media-france\">is angry<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0about the excessive use of force by French police since the start of the yellow vests (gilets jaunes) movement. Dufresne has kept a tally of the injured victims of police violence and he describes\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.franceinter.fr\/societe\/david-dufresne-une-partie-de-la-realite-les-violences-sur-les-manifestants-est-totalement-occultee\">his motivation<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2019\/04\/08\/in-france-police-violence-escalates-to-quell-yellow-vests-protests\/#translation-tab-1\">Translation<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2019\/04\/08\/in-france-police-violence-escalates-to-quell-yellow-vests-protests\/#original-tab-1\">Original Quote<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">I got involved, right at the start of December, when I saw these horrendous images of the maimed circulating on social media. And I mean maimed: I\u2019ve counted 23 people who\u2019ve lost an eye, five who\u2019ve lost a hand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">To call out the violence, David Dufresne set up a website, in partnership with Mediapart, an independent newspaper. Ironically named <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/alloplacebeauvau.mediapart.fr\/\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hello Home Office, Justice Department<\/strong><\/span>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(referencing a Twitter expression to flag illegal or offensive content to the police), his platform itemizes casualties since the beginning of the yellow vest movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The site details injuries reported by category.\u00a0Of the 550 reports cataloged, more than 222 concern head injuries, with at least 20 with cases of eye loss and five reported arm loss. Of the victims, 419 were demonstrators, 57 journalists, 37 minors, 19 bystanders and 18 medical personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186438\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Jacket-protester-with-eye-injury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186438\" class=\"wp-image-186438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Jacket-protester-with-eye-injury.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Jacket-protester-with-eye-injury.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Yellow-Jacket-protester-with-eye-injury-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-186438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yellow Vests protester with eye injury following one demonstration via @alloplacebeauveau (with their permission). Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Twitter,\u00a0Dufresne shares photos of injuries sent by the victims.\u00a0 At times extreme, images show grave injuries sustained at the hands of law enforcement officers during protests.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Violences polici\u00e8res : on est \u00e0 au moins 260 signalements de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davduf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davduf<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CheckNewsfr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CheckNewsfr<\/a> recense 93 bless\u00e9s graves dont 13 qui ont perdu un \u0153il. Un gilet jaune est annonc\u00e9 dans le coma. De nombreux journalistes ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9s. Une constante : le silence du gouvernement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D7ZNHoAURZ\">pic.twitter.com\/D7ZNHoAURZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Perrotin (@davidperrotin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidperrotin\/status\/1084888913922134023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 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;\">Police violence: We now have at least 260 reports from <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davduf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davduf<\/a>. <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liberation.fr\/checknews,100893\">@CheckNewsfr<\/a> calculates 93 seriously injured, 13 of whom have lost an eye. A Gilet Jaune is reportedly in a coma. Many journalists have also been wounded. One thing remains constant: the government\u2019s silence. <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidperrotin\/status\/1084888913922134023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">pic.twitter.com\/D7ZNHoAURZ<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2014 David Perrotin (@davidperrotin) <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidperrotin\/status\/1084888913922134023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">14 January 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The violence and repression raise questions. Why are so many protesters losing an eye or a hand in these demonstrations?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A controversial weapon<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">French law enforcement has been using a particular weapon referred to as \u2018<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20190128\/riot-control-guns-whats-all-the-fuss-about-flash-balls-in-france\">less-lethal rubber bullet gun<\/a>\u2018 <em>(<\/em>lanceur <em>de<\/em> balle <em>de d\u00e9fense<\/em>, or LBD, in French). Made in Switzerland, originally designed to prevent killing or seriously wounding a target, this projectile launcher is controversial. Detractors say this weapon is entirely unsafe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Between 2004 and 2013, serious injuries of around 30 people were attributed to LBDs \u2014 the same number since the start of the yellow vests movement in November 2018 to present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In January, medical practitioners launched a petition to ban the use of LBDs. Laurent Thines, neurosurgeon and chief clinician at Besan\u00e7on teaching hospital said:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2019\/04\/08\/in-france-police-violence-escalates-to-quell-yellow-vests-protests\/#translation-tab-3\">Translation<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/globalvoices.org\/2019\/04\/08\/in-france-police-violence-escalates-to-quell-yellow-vests-protests\/#original-tab-3\">Original Quote<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A projectile of the LBD40 type, for example, launched at over 90 meters\/second (324 kilometers per hour) has an impact force of 200 joules [rate of energy aborption]: that\u2019s like having a 20 kilograms of concrete block thrown on to your face or head from one meter\u2019s height!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In principle, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2019\/02\/01\/top-french-court-rules-controversial-rubber-bullets-launcher-legal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>LBD should only be used<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in the area of the \u201ctorso, upper or lower limbs,\u201d according to Eric Morvan,\u00a0director general of the national police.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Unfortunately, accuracy is haphazard, inflicting numerous injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Thines\u00a0said:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Amputation of a limb, disfigurement for life, facial or dental trauma, ocular laceration or loss, skull fracture, brain haemorrhage, leading to doubtful survival prognosis, and leading to neurological damage \u2014 all these mutilations recalling the destroyed faces of First World War shelling victims\u2026\u00a0 So many lives have been sacrificed this way\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">French police have also used sting-ball grenades to enforce the order. Loaded with explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT), their detonation propels metallic fragments with a blast effect that can wound and deafen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">France is one of the last countries in Europe to employ LBD, along with Poland, Hungary, Turkey and Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A protest movement that won\u2019t go away<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Yellow vest protests kicked off in France as a reaction to fuel tax increases but rapidly transformed into weekly protests. Every Saturday, protesters take to the streets to campaign for new tax policies, greater purchasing power, a citizen\u2019s referendum, and the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Since November, the demonstrations have led to numerous instances of <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelocal.fr\/20181217\/yellow-vests-how-much-will-the-protest-movement-cost-france\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>damage to property<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in several towns. Ten people have lost their lives \u201cindirectly\u201d in road accidents connected to the demonstrations. In Marseille, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCompact\/status\/1103291070325112832\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a woman died<\/strong><\/span><\/a> after being hit by an exploding grenade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Although the Ministry of the Interior acknowledges 2,200 injured, including ten with \u201cirreparable eye damage,\u201d the government presses on with its strategy of maintaining order. Questioned by journalists during a visit in January 2019 to Aude, in southwest France, over the police violence, Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner asserted that \u201cno officer or constable\u201d had \u201cattacked any Gilets Jaunes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In February, Castaner returned to the argument, justifying the use of force, saying that hooligans have regularly infiltrated the demonstrators\u2019 ranks. The law enforcers\u2019 aggressive response, according to the minister, were reactions to this violence:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">S&#39;il n&#39;y avait pas de magasins pill\u00e9s, de barricades \u00e9rig\u00e9es.<br \/>S&#39;il n&#39;y avait pas de voitures br\u00fbl\u00e9es, de b\u00e2timents publics saccag\u00e9s.<br \/>S&#39;il n&#39;y avait pas de forces de l&#39;ordre lynch\u00e9es.<br \/>En somme si la loi \u00e9tait respect\u00e9e, il n&#39;y aurait pas de bless\u00e9s. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3wQQq2fVv\">pic.twitter.com\/C3wQQq2fVv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christophe Castaner (@CCastaner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCastaner\/status\/1091395731909431296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">If there were no shops being looted, barricades being put up.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">If there were no cars being set alight, public buildings being sacked.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">If there were no law enforcement officers being mobbed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In other words, if the law was being respected, no one would be getting hurt. <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3wQQq2fVv\">pic.twitter.com\/C3wQQq2fVv<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2014 Christophe Castaner (@CCastaner)<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCastaner\/status\/1091395731909431296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">1 f\u00e9vrier 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Alexis Kraland, an independent journalist, instantly responded on Twitter, drawing attention to the injured without any direct connection to the demonstrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Propagande d&#39;\u00c9tat mensong\u00e8re tant de nombreux bless\u00e9s l&#39;ont \u00e9t\u00e9 bien loin de barricades ou voitures enflamm\u00e9es, de b\u00e2timents publics et agences bancaires ou immobili\u00e8res saccag\u00e9es, des magasins pill\u00e9s ou de forces de l&#39;ordres affront\u00e9es<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alexis Kraland (@akraland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akraland\/status\/1091490184791838720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Lying, state propaganda!\u00a0 There are so many who have been hurt when nowhere near barricades, burning vehicles, sacked public buildings, banks or apartment blocks, looted shops embattled officers<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u2014 Alexis Kraland (@akraland) <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akraland\/status\/1091490184791838720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190407194136\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/akraland\/status\/1091490184791838720\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-07T19:41:37+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">2 February 2019<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">UN calling for an inquiry<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Since November, when the movement began, 243 complaints have been submitted to the General Inspectorate of the National Police Service, whose mission is to ensure police follow correct procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">It has a total of 174 active investigations, according to Castaner, the Minister of the Interior.<\/span> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">These investigations will establish whether officers have applied \u201cproportionate\u201d force.\u00a0 \u201cAbuses will be punished,\u201d<\/span> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/gilet-jaune-blesse-s-il-y-a-une-faute-elle-sera-sanctionnee-1622310.html\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190408135335\/https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/gilet-jaune-blesse-s-il-y-a-une-faute-elle-sera-sanctionnee-1622310.html\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-08T13:53:36+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>announced<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">the minister.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Defender of Rights, France\u2019s official human rights ombudsman,<\/span>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Toubon\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190407194235\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Toubon\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-07T19:42:36+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jacques Toubon<\/strong><\/span>,<\/span><\/a> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">expressed concern in his<\/span> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equineteurope.org\/France-Defender-of-Rights-Sees-Deepening-Inequalities\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190407192737\/http:\/\/www.equineteurope.org\/France-Defender-of-Rights-Sees-Deepening-Inequalities\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-07T19:27:38+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>annual report<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">over the \u201croutine use of rubber bullet launchers,\u201d and urged a ban on them as well as explosive grenades.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">United Nations\u2019 Michelle Bachelet of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, has also called for an \u201c<\/span><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Yellow-Vests-Plan-Sit-ins-UN-Calls-For-Police-Repression-Probe-Despite-Macron-Denial-20190309-0004.html\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190408135537\/https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Yellow-Vests-Plan-Sit-ins-UN-Calls-For-Police-Repression-Probe-Despite-Macron-Denial-20190309-0004.html\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-08T13:55:38+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>in-depth inquiry<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span aria-hidden=\"true\">\u201d into incidences of police violence in France.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">In a debate organized March 7, Macron rejected the term \u201cpolice violence,\u201d<\/span> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Yellow-Vests-Plan-Sit-ins-UN-Calls-For-Police-Repression-Probe-Despite-Macron-Denial-20190309-0004.html\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190408135537\/https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/Yellow-Vests-Plan-Sit-ins-UN-Calls-For-Police-Repression-Probe-Despite-Macron-Denial-20190309-0004.html\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-08T13:55:38+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>declaring<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><span aria-hidden=\"true\">:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Do not speak of \u2018repression\u2019 or \u2018police violence\u2019 \u2014 these words are unacceptable in a state under the rule of law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">In the town of Nice, during the yellow vests\u2019 \u201cAct 19,\u201d which stands for 19th consecutive weekend of protest by the Yellow Vests,\u00a0 a 73-year-old demonstrator sustained a head injury in a fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Before the investigation was over, Macron<\/span> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-47684218\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190407193239\/https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-47684218\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-07T19:32:43+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>assured the newspaper Nice-Matin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">that the demonstrator had not been \u201cin contact with the law enforcement agencies.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Ten days later, this<\/span> <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rivieraradio.mc\/news\/french-and-riviera-news-monday-1st-april-2019\" data-versionurl=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190407192836\/http:\/\/www.rivieraradio.mc\/news\/french-and-riviera-news-monday-1st-april-2019\" data-versiondate=\"2019-04-07T19:28:38+00:00\" data-amber-behavior=\"\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>version was disproved<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a> <span aria-hidden=\"true\">by the examining magistrate of Nice, who ruled that an individual police officer had in fact been the cause of the senior citizen\u2019s fall.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/04\/in-france-police-violence-escalates-to-quell-yellow-vests-protests.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over two thousand reported injured by heavy-handed French police during the Yellow Jacket protests. 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