Two demonstrations in Paris today : between positiveness and negativeness. Today, two demonstrations have taken (took?) place in Paris. The first one that started early in the morning was composed of

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Two demonstrations in Paris today : between positiveness and negativeness. Today, two demonstrations have taken (took?) place in Paris. The first one that started early in the morning was composed of Yellow Vests in order to protest against taxes and other social issues. The second one was a demonstration in order to protest against global warming and climate change. I woke up rather late this morning and I had breakfast in front of TV news. The demonstration of the Yellow Vests escalated quickly. Among the protesters, there were yellow vests and also Black Blocs. Black Blocs are people coming from different places from Europe and who have extreme opinions and behaviours. They started to throw stones from the sidewalks to the policemen, set fire to cars, break shop windows, steal what was inside the shops, set fire and break the Fouquet's (a famous restaurant in Paris - a symbol of power and money). They also set fire to a bank and it was dangerous because there were people who lived above the bank so they had to be evacuated (among them a woman and her baby).... The violence has been lasting hours at the moment I am writing, it is still going on. There are around 1500 people who came just to make chaos and the Champs Elysées is sacked tonight. This afternoon 230 people have been arrested and the police will certainly arrest other people. At noon, another demonstration started in Paris. This one was a protest against climate change and global warming. The demonstration gathered 45,000 people who came to protest peacefully. Among them, families, children and celebrities. Unfortunately, the medias prefer focusing on violent acts made by Black Blocs rather than talking about the positive demonstration of the population who protest for a better future. I feel sad for this demonstration because it didn't have the impact wanted. I have nothing (wrong) against the Yellow Vests protests. People are free and right to fight for their rights and for a better life. I just don't like they attack policemen and vandalize shops, restaurants or people's cars and properties. It has been the 18th Saturday they have been demonstrating. Moreover, among people who walk along the Champs, you can see tourists who take selfies and videos. I don't think they realise how dangerous it can be for them to stay on the street when there is so much tension. E. Macron was skiing today in the South. People criticized he was having fun while there were riots in Paris. He is coming back to the capital city tonight. How it is going to end?

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Two demonstrations in Paris today : between positiveness and negativeness.

Today, two demonstrations have taken (took?) place in Paris. The first one that, which started early in the morning was composed of Yellow Vests in order to protest against taxes and other social issues. The second one was a demonstration in order to protest against global warming and climate change.

I woke up rather late this morning and I had breakfast in front of the TV news. There was a demonstration in Paris and things escalated quickly. Among the protesters, there were yellow vests and also Black Blocs. Black Blocs are people coming from different places from Europe and who have extreme opinions and behaviours. They started to throw stones from the sidewalks to at the policemen, set fire to cars, break shop windows, steal what was inside the shops, set fire to and break(?) the Fouquet's (a famous restaurant in Paris - a symbol of power and money). They also set fire to a bank and it was dangerous because there were people who lived above the bank so they had to be evacuated (among them a woman and her baby).... The violence has been lasting going on for hours and at the moment time I am writing, it is still going on. There are around 1500 people who came just to make chaos and the Champs Elysées is sacked tonight. This afternoon 230 people have been arrested and the police will certainly arrest other people.

At noon, another demonstration started in Paris. This one was a protest against climate change and global warming. The demonstration gathered 45,000 people who came to protest peacefully. Among them, families, children and celebrities. Unfortunately, the medias prefer focusing on violent acts made by Black Blocs rather than talking about the positive demonstration of by the population who protest for a better future. I feel sad for this demonstration because it didn't have the impact wanted.

I have nothing (wrong) against the Yellow Vests protests. People are free and right to fight for their rights and for a better life. I just don't like it that they attack policemen and vandalize shops, restaurants or people's cars and propertiesy. It has been the 18th Saturday they have been demonstrating.

Moreover, among the people who walk along the Champs, you can see tourists who take selfies and videos. I don't think they realise how dangerous it can be for them to stay on the street when there is so much tension.

E. Macron was skiing today in the South. People criticized he was him for having fun while there were riots in Paris. He is coming back to the capital city tonight.

How it is going to end?

@Ruslan French policemen have means to reply : water cannon, tear gas. They also use a weapon called "LBD" which has made some scandals because it can make you lose an eye or provoke a hole in your body if you receive a projectile. Some Saturdays ago, they also checked people's identities before they demonstrated and it limited the negative consequences. However, it was said it didn't respect democracy and the right to demonstrate freely. The government also thought of making protesters' files (for the most violent ones) in order to forbid them to demonstrate. Once again, it was questioned if it respected democracy and the right to protest. The "LBD" was accused by the UNO not to respect people's rights as well but the government decided to go on using it despite the number of people who were injured. I wonder how long the demonstrations will last. I mean can they demonstrate every Saturdays until when? What solutions can we bring to them? More debates? More democratic participations? I have no clue. I really have no idea.

I think that this would go on, until Macron takes really tough measures. By this I mean giving the police more authority, giving them right to use weapons and equipment both to protect themselves and what is more important to attack. Radicals and extremists like Black Bricks are not interested in protecting rights or something. They are interested in unleashing chaos and destruction and perhaps seizing power. Consider Ukraine: when it all started with the demonstration like yours, when the extremists started destroying everything, the European Counsil and governments told the ukranian president Yanukovich not to use power, not to use special forces of "Berkut" to deal with the problem. So, those extremists seized power. Now, Ukraine is in a deep crisis. So, to sum it all up, I think that when demonstration go beyond certain borders and rules, government should act similarly. Government should defeat might with might. But that's only my opinion and I'm just ordinary russian guy.

Thank you for reading and correcting my notebook. I am rather sure I made mistakes while using some tenses so feel free to tell me where I was wrong.

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