Yeah… Moments later they’ll start throwing teargass cannisters and bring the water canon. That’ll cause people to begin dispersing, and when they do, those riot police will charge again and then they’ll certainly not retreat.
The local hospital will have a very busy evening.
In the US, half of those protesters would be dead already
Yeah, because cops may be stupid, but they can still count.
Well, French cops can count.
See, that’s why US cops just shoot protesters instead.
I thought it was so they could get some time off with pay before transferring to a new station.
That too! It’s a two-for-one deal
Guns, airpower, and artillery upended many of the classic rules of warfare that were practiced and honed for thousands of years before these technologies arrived. But protest and riot return us to the close quarter melee warfare that defined millenia, and for which there are writings from authoritative experts like Sun Tzu, Alexander, Xenephon, Vegetius, their writings on military strategy including use of archers, cavalry, terrain, complex movement, supply logistics, and tactical intelligence. Modern riots are fascinating in how they echo these historical principles so closely.
“We’ve done nothing and we’re all out of ideas!”
Obviously the French police have never met a French protester before.
looked like an unorganized charge though. Germany has (unfortunately) laws against demonstrating when police said its go home time. So they just pick individuals and book them for the night. With a few (unlawful) bonks on the head.
Fucking pigs
Because they didn’t hurt anyone and showed restraint?..
french pigs, i think a stale baguette would suffice in scaring them off.
I mean, they are French police.
Surrender is in their nature. Hell, some of their helmets are white
Username checks out.
critically unfunny
edit oh right american boomer got it
I’ll take the downvotes. This would have killed in |1996~ the late second millenium
It is so weird to see anyone from the US try to claim that the French didn’t have the guts to fight fascism.
Perhaps, but only out of ignorance. Not because the French have ever been cowards.
I do not doubt the French people, only the French police who are clearly running away in this situation.
ACAB
In your defense, my (french) mother made pretty much exactly the same joke when she saw this clip on bluesky - something about going back to their paddock like the stereotypical vichy pigs they are.
vichy pigs
Your mom sounds cool
There’s the difference, like our maga red hats are a loud insane minority. Otherwise, we literally wouldn’t exist as a nation without the French providing gold and ships just to give England a “fuck you,” and they have been winning wars since before America was a country.
