The yellow jackets protest the excessive violence directed by the police

For the twelfth row in a row, thousands of demonstrators from the yellow jackets went to the streets across France, where many protested the injuries suffered by protesters in previous clashes with police.

The demonstrators returned from the "yellow jackets" again to the street in France for the twelfth row in a row, and marched in a demonstration in the capital they wanted to protest against the violence of the police. The "Great Wounded March" took place in Paris two and a half months after the start of this unprecedented move against the social and tax policies of the government. The demonstrators condemned the police's use of flashing balls, which they said caused many of them seriously injured.

Demonstrators marched in Paris to the Republic Square behind a banner calling for a halt to the use of flashing balls, amounting to 13,800 according to a census by the office "Okorance" for a group of media, including AFP. In contrast, police said the number of demonstrators was 10,500 and that 10 people were arrested in the afternoon.

The Ministry of Interior said that the number of demonstrators in all French territory was 17,400 compared to 22 thousand last week at the same hour. The well-known activist in the "yellow shirt" Jerome Rodrige was applauded and welcomed by the demonstrators, especially as he was injured on his right eye last Saturday.

In the crowd, some protesters appeared wearing bandages in solidarity with those seriously injured by these non-metallic rubber balls. The group of activists "to disarm them" said that 20 people were seriously injured in the eye since 17 November. The police department is conducting 116 investigations, 10 of them seriously in Al Ain, according to a police source.

The State Council, the highest administrative judiciary body, allowed Friday to continue using flashing balls, saying that the risk of violence during demonstrations makes it "necessary to allow the security forces to resort to this type of bullets." "He said.

In the face of controversy, French Interior Minister Christoph Castaner admitted that the weapon could "injure" and promised to punish "abuses", but defended its use to "confront the troublemakers." "If shops were not looted, barricades, cars burned, and public buildings destroyed ... if the law were respected, there would be no injuries," Christoph Castaner said.

The government is following closely the scale of the protests after it announced 10 billion euros in aid and organized a major national debate to calm the anger. According to the Interior Ministry, 69 thousand protesters participated last Saturday in the demonstrations and 84 thousand the previous Saturday.