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People are throwing all kinds of shit right now.

At the

moment

they recognize us, we are done.

You feel so much hate from those people. You know, I don't like to take sides.

You know me, bro. No, no, no. But I can feel a lot of fucking hate from a lot of

people here.

Guys, seriously, look at the police presence here.

Hey!

I don't know anything, guys. I don't know.

Police is making an announcement now.

Otherwise, they will intervene.

Guys, seriously.

This is a fucking war zone here.

Welcome guys Paris this time and to be fair my original plan was to go last

week the 17th of October but unfortunately I was in the States in

America so to be more precise this morning I landed in Amsterdam from

JFK from New York and I decided to go here to Paris straight away because

apparently there's another demonstration going on today

In the streets, demolition, plundering and hundreds of arrests.

That is the image today in quite a few French cities.

The past few weeks, schoolchildren and students went up the street for better

education.

Today there were all kinds of other groups.

From farmers and nurses to taxi drivers.

So let's check it out firsthand and let's experience what is happening in

this beautiful city Let's go. So right now we are at Port d'Italie

Italian port and apparently this is the place where the demonstration starts

today

so as you can see immediately when we try to enter the zone where the

protesters are we are being searched heavily for weapons bombs fireworks

so you can feel the tension straight away guys and apparently that group of

antifascists is walking towards us right now see all the

Flags What

do

you think of this situation in Paris right now What

do

you think of the fact that all those shops are being

demolished All those churches. Do you stand behind it?

I don't know.

Have a nice day, man. To be very clear on what's happening right now, I think,

and I'm not overrating, maybe a thousand of them who are just calling anti

-fascists are walking besides us, coming towards us.

And as you can see, communist flags in the distance.

So far, there's no violence. So far, so... I guess they're starting off easy.

And they keep on coming, guys. Look at how many of them... We all saw the

footage about last week. And last week, there were many buildings being

destroyed.

Buildings looted. What do you think of that?

I am not for violence.

You're not for violence, so you condemn it.

I can explain why it's happened.

Because always we ask that, we ask that, and nothing, nothing

answers. So you think it's understandable that so many stores are

being demolished last week? So you also think it's understandable that, for

example, churches are being burned?

Ah, yes.

Yeah? Yeah, yeah. No, I don't agree with that way. No, but you understand where

it's coming from?

That's basically what you're saying? Yes. I wish you all the best.

Bye. To you. Thank you. Merci.

I have a question. This should be a school protest, no? Yes.

Why are you having this kind of protest?

The beginning of the protest was a... It started with students. Yeah, it started

with students.

But the whole country is now a bit annoyed at Emmanuel Macron.

because of his speech last weekend.

What do you think of all the loitering that took place last week and all the

churches that have been burned and the buildings? What's your opinion on that?

I condemn the violence against buildings and workers in general.

France was built on...

Quite a violent past in history.

We always did protests that were violent.

So we shouldn't be stunned when we see... So it's understandable that this

is happening. That's basically what you're saying.

This is the only way we can be heard somehow.

Burning churches is the only way to... That's basically what you're saying, my

friend.

As you can see guys people are they keep coming they

keep coming you cannot imagine how many people are here right now

so

guys in case you're wondering why i put my hoodie on and have a scarf in front

of my mouth in front of my face well it's very simple it's very logical

behind us next to us are walking maybe more than a thousand people

all from let's call it the left side some extremists as well maybe and

some Antifa in between for sure so yeah we have to be careful because

at the moment they recognize us they recognize me

and they all turn against us we only with four remember that we are done

so I try to record

as much as possible but also in a safe manner guys i hope you understand let's

continue let's follow this march all the way through

the end station and let's see what happens hello ladies can i ask you

something do you speak english a little bit no you don't want to talk they

don't want to talk maybe because of my hoodie or just because they totally

don't know what they are here for also a possibility guys i can feel so much hate

from the spirit you know i don't like to take side you know me right no no no i

can feel a lot of hate from a lot of people here just trying to look up

trying to look for someone to fight yeah yeah i feel it i feel it let's talk

about lastly because we've all seen the footage i'm not from france but even

i've seen i've seen the footage all around on the internet And I saw

churches being burned.

I saw people loitering shops.

I saw many horrible things. How is that explainable? And did you see the

protesters that got charged or injured virtually by the police?

Basically, you say the police provoked...

the normal protesters no no it's all these people that came to loot you

always have people that take advantage of this kind of situation don't you

think it's sad that those people try to hijack your demonstration they're not

doing that they're not doing that as a purpose to hijack the thing they just

don't care i would i'd rather see a hundred a thousand churches burnt than

one kid that loses his eye because of uh

So guys, what we have heard so far from the protesters I spoke to is

that they don't stand behind the looting, they don't stand behind the

demolishing of ancient buildings, of churches, of valuable French

heritage. They don't stand behind it, but...

They are almost all saying that they understand it because of Police

acting because of they simply don't feel hurt here in many

ways Wow, what an anarchy guys So let's be very clear on

this. I totally don't agree with that if you don't agree on decisions made by

your government

you're not gonna destroy and burn churches you're not gonna scare shop

owners you're not gonna loot shops crazy and it almost feels like those people

here think it's understandable it's an understandable reaction see

guys in the distance i'll put a zoom on it how many of them are already there

You see the familiar ACAB sign there.

Clearly not happy with the police here.

Of course you see the communist sign everywhere

where you see any sort of these kind of demonstrations you see immediately

communist sign as well communist flags that i'm asking to myself do these

people even know what communism means do they have any clue how it

works and in the past worked out when there was real communism don't think so

guys don't think so so you see police presence there 100 meters

Up front.

And I think the protesters are being stopped here.

You can see many police presence there.

I think these guys are being stopped here. Cannot go any further.

Let's see what happens.

Some people in the first line here.

Encouraging the group, the big group, to step forward.

and not to stop here.

So someone is laying on the street right now.

Hello.

My friend, why are you here laying on the street?

Please don't film me. Why? You're laying on the street.

Yeah, but I don't want to be filmed. You don't want to be filmed, but you're

laying on the street here.

I can take pictures, but no film. No videos for you.

So this man...

is laying on the fucking street here and doesn't want to be filmed well let me

tell you one thing if you're going to lay in the street here on a main street

in a big protest you want the attention don't you crazy you know that meme where

the guy is looking in the mirror and he goes now get in there and make this

about you yeah yeah yeah exactly you know what we say in hollanda fred we

still doesn't know after all these trips are made with him He still doesn't know.

He thinks I'm Karim Benzema.

He fucking says to me, like, Karim Benzema. Yeah, yeah, you look like him.

Do I? Yeah.

Well, the Temu version.

Guys. Seriously.

Look at the police presence here.

And apparently, these guys are CRS.

CRS. CRS stands for?

They are like higher level police. They are the anti-riot police.

And guys.

Quick count account only here maybe 500 600 police officers I guess they are

way better prepared than last week because last week They got totally

ambushed by those folks Guys, what the fuck is this? Look at it

So right up to police right now.

They test the police. I think they're screaming.

In all of the world, we hate the police.

My friends there, you are obviously part of the demonstration.

Yeah.

I saw many videos last week about riots, about shops being looted, about churches

being burned down. What do you think of that? What's your way on that?

I think it's necessary.

Necessary? Yeah, because when you try to talk with the power, with the political,

nobody here.

Nobody here.

When you, for example, when you... You see today, you have no riot, so nobody

asking, nobody listening.

So basically you are condoning it?

No, I think it's necessary. You are accepting it? Yeah.

Because I think there's a lot of the choice.

If you need to change, if you want to change.

you need to use violence exactly and what about uh i disagree on that fact

with you but that's possible no problem everyone can have his own opinion okay

thank you for talking to me have a nice day people are forming a line right

now so again police there human chain here and the

big group around it as well and many more come and look at it guys

I don't know what it means

Look at this,

what an enormous group behind us being escorted

basically by police. Let's see where this ends.

I don't know anything, guys.

I don't know anything, guys.

I'm a YouTuber.

Oh, yes, yes, yes. A YouTuber.

Yeah? Recognize me?

Okay. Okay.

Relax. Relax. This is good. Yeah?

Why did you detain us?

Why?

You see my Instagram, but why are you... Your face. Your face. Your face. Face

cover? Yes.

Okay, but we are here just to... Okay, face cover. Yeah, we are here just to

document what is happening.

So it got hostile really quick guys So

guys

It got hostile real quick because we had the face covering

They picked us out of the crowd and then eventually when they saw who we were

they were shaking hands

wishing us good luck so yeah well i don't think you can blame them because

they don't know what we are up to so just for their own security their own

safety as well so well it ended all well they apologize let's move on crazy

how many police officers are needed to keep it under

control here but again of course they all remember what happened last week

Oh guys, tear gas.

Tear gas is being thrown right now. It hurts like a motherfucker.

Police is making an announcement now to get off here otherwise they will...

People are throwing all kinds of shit right now

Guys

we need to move out of here

This is mental.

Mental, guys.

Move away, move away. This is too much.

Okay. Look at that.

Windows are being broken.

Wooden sticks are being thrown.

See the guys all around.

It's a war zone, guys. Look at that, guys.

Look at it. Look at that.

The police is coming now.

The police is charging.

Fucking

hell,

guys. Look at it.

Look at it.

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Guys, seriously, this is a fucking war zone here.

This is mental.

Let me tell you one thing.

This has nothing to do with demonstrations.

This is pure vandalism at its finest.

This is mental.

It's mental.

Stay on the side, stay on the side.

guys is

It's waiting for another charge matter of seconds, I guess

Madness guys doing a charge again the

majority of the crowd is there so

let's see

talking

about a demonstration getting totally

totally out of hand so mainstream media

NOS, for example, in my own country. Are these guys just students

protesting for better schooling?

We're right in front of them. Yeah, right.

Just farmers, nurses, students.

Yeah. See it for yourself, guys.

See it for yourself.

Unbelievable. How can you lie?

So much to your own people

Romantic

isn't it romantic city trip

Seems like

They're having a talk with the police right now.

What was the protest for, last question, because it started with student

protests.

Is it still a student protest?

So it's just too expensive

lifestyle. It's basically against the government.

Anti-government rally Thanks

for talking to me So

undercover police is arresting an Antifa member right now

Yeah, they're counting him in So

guys so far the student protests here in Paris, let me tell you one thing the

guys we met the scene we saw were not just innocent unsatisfied students or

farmers or nurses those guys were violent thugs trying to

ruin the beautiful city of paris trying to loot shops trying to

demolish buildings trying to throw bricks at windows at

glasses of houses of buildings so don't talk bullshit towards mainstream media

don't talk bullshit to us for example NOS mainstream media in my own country

and recently a few hours ago i saw a post about NOS i will show it here that

that demonstration we witnessed today we witnessed today was not violent at all

was easy well let me tell you one thing this wasn't easy at all

So shame on you. Thanks for watching my friends, and I will see you as promised