DISINFO: French police showed solidarity with the "yellow vests" protesters
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: news-front.info (archived)*
  • Date of publication: December 04, 2018
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 129
  • Countries / regions discussed: France
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yellow vests Protest

DISINFO: French police showed solidarity with the "yellow vests" protesters

SUMMARY

Two dozen policemen removed their helmets in front of “yellow vests” protesters in France, showing solidarity with them.

RESPONSE

According to French media, the gesture of policemen responded to a "negotiation" with the "yellow vest" protesters, it was not a sign of solidarity. The case was reported by Bloomberg, which underlined that the information about the police supporting the Yellow Vests protesters was coming from Mr Alexander Langlois, representative of the Vigi police union. The union is representing less than 4% of the unions in France and as such, cannot speak for all of them. Further debunking by AFP.

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