The ‘French Spring’, yellow vest protesters in France faces a new danger as French riot police deploy on streets with G36 weapons, intimidation will not stop what is turning into the second French revolution, how many people is President Macron will to kill to hold power?

Dear All

In France, the people have been protesting for months, the ‘yellow vest’ protests have become a people’s revolt against a government that they feel strongly no longer represents them. The French President Emmanuel Macron is said to be a President for the rich, and his bio tends to bear that out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron

Note that he was an investment banker in a highly-paid position at Rothschild & Cie Banque, he uses a party which he help create to get elected which says their goal is to get closer to what the French people want.

Basically as his actions show, this was a con!

The ‘yellow vest’ protests are the people of France railing against him and his agenda, now his government is in crisis as the protesting shows no sign of stopping. In a sign of desperation, French riot police are now using semi-automatic weapons with live ammunition against Yellow Vest protestors as Macron's law and order crisis spirals, The use of armed police is an escalation which basically says that Macron is willing to see people die to hold onto power.

Police Officers were filmed brandishing weapons by Arc de Triomphe in Paris, rifles such as the Heckler & Koch G36 weapons are pretty good, they use the 5.56 mm Nato round and have a range of 800 metres.

Interestingly, a former conservative minister Luc Ferry has called for live fire to be used against what he terms the ‘thugs’ from the Yellow Vest movement who he says 'beat up police'. 

Yellow Vest protestor Gilles Caron said:

‘The CRS with the guns were wearing riot control helmets and body armour – they were not a specialised firearms unit. Their job was simply to threaten us with lethal weapons in a manner which is very troubling. We deserve some explanations.’

The CRS riot police are known for their tough approach to policing, they frequently using distinctively wide-barrelled guns to fire flash-ball projectiles and tear gas canisters and are not slow to use physical force.

If protesters end up dead after being shot, the position of French President Emmanuel Macron will be untenable, there will be calls for a general election and far from backing down, the ‘yellow vest’ protests will see their ranks swell. The French have a history of revolution and standing up against tyrants.

A French National Police spokesman confirmed that the CRS were equipped with H&K G36s on Saturday, but would not discuss their operational use ‘for security reasons’. It is plain to see what their operational use is, much in the same way as someone buying condoms, it explains itself.

Worryingly a police G36 was stolen from inside a police van during a Yellow Vest demonstration by the Arc de Triomphe on December 1; however this was seen as an opportunistic theft rather than a planned event.

You don’t steal a G36 as a souvenir; it isn’t like you can walk about the streets of France showing off your new toy. And I am sure that like the British, the French have a database of recovered bullets that trace a weapon’s history.

 When former conservative minister Luc Ferry who is now a full time philosopher was asked about the escalation, he said in reply to the statement that guns might lead to wounding or worse, Mr Ferry said:

‘So what?’

He added:

‘Listen, frankly, when you see guys beating up an unfortunate policeman on the floor, that’s when they should use their weapons once and for all! That’s enough.’

Of course, if the police start the fight, this is of no matter to Ferry, he is just interested in the outcome; the protesters are dead. Police were attacked in major cities including Paris on Saturday on an Act 9 Day of Rage by the Yellow Vests. They have pledged to continue their campaign calling for social, political and economic reforms indefinitely and they mean it. It seems that French President Emmanuel Macron is calling for a ‘grand debate’, whether this is to buy time is speculative. One thing he will be working on is a new anti riot law to be used against the people.

Finally, there will be a number of reasons why the French people are protesting, but you can be sure that the EU will figure in the equation. The French are unhappy that French President Emmanuel Macron is firmly in the globalist camp and not representing them. In a sense they have a right to be unhappy, their country has been hijacked by an uncaring political elite. A political elite which will do anything to hang onto power, even kill!

Yours sincerely

George Laird

The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University