It seems that the video that previously surfaced depicting officers violently arresting a French protester has had considerable effect on the moral of anti-police and anti-police brutality movements across France. It has reinvigorated those who claim the national police are too harsh on protesters and only served as negative media for the French government.
In other news, there seems to be a re-invigoration of the anti-capitalists in France as well. BlackRock, a US money management company working in Paris, has recently become the focus of anti-capitalist sentiment in the nation. Gilets jaunes claim that the company stand to profit greatly from the new economic plans of the French president and thus should be targeted for protest. Their headquarters in Paris was mobbed by the French equivalent of ANTIFA and gilets jaunes this past weekend. These anti-capitalists are not gilet jaune entirely, as they have considerable numbers of black bloc hooligans in their ranks. I am, personally, no fan of the black bloc. These are the individuals you will see in most videos depicting vandalism. They destroy shop fronts and torch cars as a staple of their movement. Much like the ANTIFA cowards of the United States, they hide their faces and wear all black like discount vigilante superheroes. We will have to see if their violence escalates amid “Acte 66” this weekend.
France on Fire 