Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Paris Burns while French Protests Continue -Angelia Perez
Anti-government broke out in Paris as "yellow vest" protests go onto its third weekend. Protestors gathered near the Champ-Elysees throwing rocks and paint at the police who responded with tear gas and water canons. 160 have been arrested and 80 people have been injured including some officers who deployed to the protests. Over 36,000 people have participated in this protest. But why are people protesting? Apparently its from the distaste with President Emmanuel Macron's gas tax, which has been morphed into this whole mess. Dan Lodi said "It's a mess because we don't have a leader." Lodi is a 68 year old prisoner and also told the news agency "You always have some idiots who come to fight but don't represent us all."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Just because you don't agree with something doesn't mean protesting is gonna help especially when it is going to harm innocent people not even involves..
ReplyDelete