France announces nightly curfews 'for as long as necessary' in Paris and other big cities
Fresh curfews were being imposed across the city centers of Paris and Lyon on Tuesday after the first quiet night since France’s most destructive rioting in years, as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said a “massive” security operation was planned for new protests Saturday.
Paris police said the curfew in two designated zones — around Place de la République and the Les Halles shopping district — had restored “public peace” overnight and would remain in place “for as long as necessary.” The curfew zones leave out other areas hit on Saturday, including the Champs-Elysées and the area around the Saint-Lazare train station and parts of the Rue de Turbigo in central Paris, where protesters set up barricades and lit fires.
In Lyon, one of France’s largest cities, authorities also renewed a curfew in the city center from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., saying no disturbances had been recorded overnight.
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Authoritarian nonsense.
Protest is about causing inconvenience. The other solution involves the Bastille.
They've done the Bastille already
Idk if that will work out for them tbh. Its trivially easy to just coordinate a single moment where everyone leaves their house at the same time. What are they gonna do then?
Arrest people on fake terrorist charges instead of disorderly conduct and they'll immediately use violence against everyone because if you're breaking the curfew you're automatically guilty on sight.
Historically this hasn't ended well for French governments specifically, but it works great in other countries, so Macron will gamble the far right to support him all the way through.
Don't worry, people already protested during the curfew and didn't get arrested:
It's weird that you never see white nationalists and the police at the same place at the same time ... hmmm.
Actually they are all in the picture together
They're talking about censoring social media to prevent people from organizing
Yeah i know, but i dont think they will be blocking signal, whatsapp, etc.
When shit hits the fan, news travels fast even without the digital public square.
Yes, I don't think they will be able to do it effectively, but they will try and it may open a new wave of censorship on the internet.
Surely that will calm down the protestors!
The state trying to enforce their injustice isn't going to work in calming anything. This will just make it so that they either get worse or continue.
The French government right now:
Is that V?
Even the US isn't that had. Makes me feel better.
You think not? Give it two weeks. France's leadership isn't actively looking for an excuse to massacre civilians as much as possible. The same can't be said of the current administration. Project 2025 still calls for the execution of 300 million American citizens.
Signed, a veteran of the officer's cadré of the USN.
Chapter and verse on Project 2025 please. I have my copy right here so we can compare notes.
Funny enough, we had a brief dusk-to-dawn curfew after the hurricane last week. While I'm not sure the Sheriff has the authority to call a curfew, at least it was for perfectly sane reasons.