A long-approved march opposing the spread of Islamic radicalism across Europe was outlawed only hours before it was due to commence this past weekend, under the pretext that police could not guarantee law and order faced with leftist counter-protestors.
Organized by Génération Identitaire (Generation Identity), the French branch of the European ‘identitarian’ movement, the Paris prefecture of police took the unusual step of banning the already authorized march, branding the anti-immigration youth outfit ‘extreme right’, and warning of the threat of violence from ‘determined’, ‘organized’, ‘masked’ and ‘highly mobile’ extreme left groups seeking to disrupt the event.
Lawyers for Génération Identitaire failed to over-turn the ban Saturday morning, and organizers described it as a politically motivated decision to silence public resistance to the implantation of Islamic fundamentalism across the country. They also pointed to the setting of a worrying precedent; the use of counter protests as an excuse for the state to ban legitimate assemblies.
The prohibition comes at a time when left wing protests, authorized by the prefecture, routinely end up with anarchist and extremist elements damaging property and clashing with police.
Paris police prefect, Michel Delpuech, came in for particular criticism on conservative media sites for the decision to ban the march. The police chief, appointed by the outgoing socialist administration earlier this year, had previously earned criticism for comparing graffiti on the wall of a mosque to the beginning of the Nazi’s anti-Jewish Kristallnacht pogrom.
The graffiti had appeared shortly after the July 14th 2016 Nice attack, in which a truck driven by an Islamic radical ploughed into pedestrians along the Promenade des Anglais, killing 84 people. Delpuech, invited to speak at the Great Mosque of Lyon days later, assured worshippers of the French Republic’s commitment to multiculturalism and pledged to protect them against Islamophobia.
Outside the Café Pierrot, meanwhile, in Paris 15th arrondissement, near where Saturday’s march was due to commence, a crowd of several dozen Parisians had gathered to support the Generation Identity event, some unaware of the ban, others claiming their presence was the least they could do to register their discontent.
Virginie, a well-heeled former resident explained to the Gateway Pundit that she was disappointed but not surprised to see such a massive police deployment to prevent a democratic gathering.
Such a show of force would have been better served in Mantes-la-Jolie, she explained, referring to the suburb of Paris in recent weeks the scene of rioting by immigrant youth, complete with car burnings and Molotov cocktail attacks on police.
‘’We don’t shoot people, cut throats or plant bombs and yet it’s us – the law-abiding citizens, we that pay for the police and their equipment – that are treated like the terrorists here’’, she added, explaining that she had reluctantly quit Paris after 50 years for a safer town to the west of the city.
A male by-stander, overhearing the conversation, offered that Paris’ northern arrondissements were being filled with recently-arrived foreign populations, subsidized by the French tax-payer. The phenomenon was now being repeated in the city’s more conservative-voting southern arrondissements, deliberately, he theorized, to give the remaining conservative districts to the left.
Heavily armored police soon moved in to disperse the supporters of the banned march, pushing them towards the now closed La Motte – Piquet métro station. Jeers and cries of ‘’collaborators’’ could be heard as police moved into action.
At the same time, across the city, several dozen members of the Génération Identitaire youth movement gathered outside the Bataclan theatre, making a symbolic protest at the concert venue where 90 people were killed in the terrorist attacks claimed by the Islamic State in November 2015. Flares were lit, and slogans chanted before the ‘identitarians’ re-grouped at their premises in the south of the city – which had been attacked by some twenty masked and black-clad leftists the evening before.
Hundreds of Generation Identity members and supporters, most ranging from their late-teens to early twenties, had travelled from across France for the event, with others having come from neighboring countries including Germany, Austria, Italy, and as far as Ireland, England, Norway and Denmark.
The group, which last summer chartered a vessel to fight migrant traffickers on the Mediterranean, have stated that their lawyers are preparing a brief to have what they called the ”illegality” of the prefecture’s decision recognized. Another major event is being planned for Paris in January, sources informed the Gateway Pundit.
Taking refuge from the cold in the Café Le Pierrot, the frustrations of numerous French citizens were summed up by Françoise, discussing the afternoon’s events with a group of friends over coffee and hot chocolate;
‘We have almost no journalists to speak for us anymore… They [the courts] are tearing down our crosses and outlawing Christmas nativities yet they allow Islamists to pray in the street. Our own people are going homeless whilst the illegals that arrive are prioritized and if we open our mouths to complain, to protest peacefully, we’re the ones who get arrested.
The French people will take this until one day they explode!’’
Samedi, suite à l'interdiction de la manifestation des militants de Génération Identitaire sont allés devant le Bataclan déployer une banderole appelant les Européens à se lever face à l'islamisme.Tant qu'il y aura des islamistes en Europe, tant qu'il y aura des peuples entiers dans notre pays, tant que les frontières seront ouvertes nous serons là.Nous militons pour sauver la France, pour sauver l'Europe, ne soyez plus passif, rejoignez-nous !Likez, commentez, partagez.
Posted by Génération Identitaire Paris on Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Video of Génération Identitaire outside the Bataclan Theatre, Paris.
Attaque contre un local identitaire, manifestation illégale, l…
📢 Attaque contre un local identitaire, manifestation illégale : l’extrême-gauche parisienne se ridiculise 📢Vendredi 24 novembre vers 20 heures, à la veille de la manifestation « Face aux islamistes : Défendons l’Europe ! », un groupe d’extrême-gauche d'environ 25 individus a attaqué un local identitaire situé dans le 15ème arrondissement de Paris.Après avoir brisé une vitre et jeté de la peinture sur une façade, le groupe a immédiatement pris la fuite. Pour courir plus vite, certains de ses membres se sont délestés de leur armement. Nos militants ont pu ainsi trouver, semés sur le trottoir, une matraque télescopique, des manches de pioche, une masse en fer… Un passant ayant filmé l'attaque et la fuite, sa vidéo a été transmise à la police.Il est certain que ces individus appartiennent au même groupuscule dont le rassemblement non-autorisé a servi de prétexte à l'Etat pour interdire notre manifestation qui était, elle, déposée depuis plus d’un mois. Il est tout aussi certain que la détermination de nos militants sort renforcée de ce week-end. Tractages et collages continueront. Au grand jour, selon la méthode identitaire. Prochain rendez-vous dans les rues début janvier pour fêter Sainte Geneviève, la patronne de Paris !PS : Nous appelons nos sympathisants à faire un don pour financer les suites légales que nous allons donner à cette affaire mais aussi les aménagements dont a besoin le local attaqué : http://ift.tt/2Am120X
Posted by Génération Identitaire on Monday, November 27, 2017
Leftists attack the Génération Identitaire premises in Paris, Friday evening.
Photo: D Cowley
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