“Rubber bullets against the yellow vests are criticised,”
“The French government gets tough criticism for the police use of rubber bullets against the demonstrators in the protest movement Yellow vests. A dozen protesters should have been the eye.”
“the Police state that the ammunition is necessary.”
“A human rights organisation and the left-wing trade union CGT have turned to the courts to prohibit the use of rubber bullets against the demonstrators. The ammunition has been fired in connection with the violence that occurred during the those critical of the government protests that have been going on since the middle of november.”
“the Debate about police armament blazed up after the last weekend’s demonstrations, when one of the leaders for the Yellow vests had a severe eye injury when he was filming the protests in Paris. A further dozen or so protesters should have been the eye of the police’s rubber bullets and the grenades that spreads both rubber bullets and tear gas.”
“A court ruling on police armament is expected late on Wednesday. Rubber bullets is prohibited to be used in most western european countries. The government has defended the armament and argues that it is necessary to protect against the violent protesters throwing stones and bottles at the police.”
