VIDEO 'Yellow Vest' Anti-Gas Tax Protest Explodes in Paris; Water Canons, Tear Gas Used by Police

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Police fired tear gas and used a water cannon to disperse thousands of protesters in Paris who are out on the streets for a fourth consecutive weekend.

Protesters clad in the fluorescent yellow jackets that all motorists in France must have in their cars are opposed to new taxes that French President Emmanuel Macron’s government has imposed on fuel – as part of a supposed stepped up efforts to fight "climate change."

Fuel prices have increased by 23% since the tax.





-RW 

UPDATE

So today was crazy. Being tear gassed to the point of gagging and having to flee on top of threat of rubber pellets that has taken out the eye of a woman, & water cannons. Then, during night fall, streets & cars are on fire, shops are looted. Protesters are both left & right

— Martina Markota (@MartinaMarkota) December 2, 2018

UPDATE 2 

French rap scene joins #giletsjaunes protests with the song: "#Macron demission" (Macron resign) pic.twitter.com/P7xqNRSKF8

— Ali Özkök - علي أزكوك (@Ozkok_) December 1, 2018