Furthermore, on March 18 the Paris police chief was fired. Part of the reason was given by Prime Minister Philippe: "Inappropriate orders were given to reduce the use of LBD [rubber bullet launchers]." Imagine if Putin had said that?
The new chief looks, and certainly acts, like he would have been quite at home in Vichy France, which is precisely why he was hired. His uniform always appears to be a couple sizes too big for him.
Protests were now officially banned in key parts of urban areas, like the Champs-Elyse'es. Bans in rural roundabouts would begin in early May (but I thought this was a rural-based, not class-based movement?).
Should we be surprised that Yellow Vest numbers are about to plummet?
In January there were an average of 350,000 protesters per weekend; February 240,000; after March 23rd they reached 100,000 people maybe twice and then never again.
If you are a clueless, secretly-reactionary/fake-leftist Mainstream Media journalist this is what you think in your empty head: "Oh, the numbers have only fallen because the Yellow Vests aren't popular anymore. Yes, I will accept that promotion, thank you boss!"
So March 12-23 should be remembered as when France became a "neo-Vichy" government. Instead of Berlin, the master is Brussels.
They didn't destroy the Yellow Vest movement, but they did scare the hell out of the average person.
Mar 28 - French cops wearing Yellow Vests to infiltrate movement
It was discovered that on March 16 cops were wearing Yellow Vests to disguise themselves.
The police union noted that there is no formal law against disguising themselves as protesters, so that should settle the matter
Good Vester quote: "We don't know if we should fear our own government, or if we can trust it? Such video revelations are going to increase the accusations that the government is pulling the strings with secret militias inside political demonstrations. That sounds like a conspiracy, but these videos give such ideas obvious legitimacy."
March 30 - Mayor demands city become a "ghost town"
Mayor of Bordeaux commanded citizens to not leave their homes that Yellow Vest day. The phrase "Bordeaux strong", unlike in Boston, did not become commercially popular.
Again, Mr. and Ms. MSM Journalist - might this explain the drop in attendance? And perhaps also the unveiling of harsher tear gas, guaranteed fines for violating the ban, warrantless searches (Do the women you date even let you go through their purse?), increased arrests, the refusal to engage with Black Bloc despite the vast superiority of the professional armed forces, and on and on? This is why I didn't get very far in the French newsrooms I worked at".
Similarly, the Yellow Vests insisted on their right to freedom of assembly and defied the bans.
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