Streets are barricaded and shops boarded up as ‘yellow vest’ demonstrators and anticapitalists take to the streets
Streets are barricaded and shops boarded up as ‘yellow vest’ demonstrators and anti-capitalists take to the streetsPeople run during street clashes with police and hardline demonstrators in Paris, France, May 1 2019. Picture: KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFPiot police fired teargas as they squared off against hardline demonstrators among tens of thousands of May Day protesters, who flooded Paris on Wednesday in a test of France’s zero-tolerance policy on street violence.
Used at ground level, the grenades release scores of rubber pellets that cause an intense stinging to the legs. By early afternoon, thousands had flocked to the Montparnasse area, many wearing the hi-visibility jackets that gave the name to the yellow vest protesters. Interior minister Christophe Castaner said several groups on social media had urged protesters to transform Paris into “the capital of rioting”, with police gearing up for the arrival of up to 2,000 activists bristling for a fight. Many are anti-capitalist youths who dress in black and wear face masks.
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