The Paris police chief made the decision known just before the nineteenth protestzaterdag of the yellow vests. “There are serious reasons to suspect that the violence and destruction re-will occur”, and thus motivated the new prefect of the police of Didier Lallement. The procession of demonstrators was in the hallway at the Denfert-Rocherauplein, and set course to the Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. the
There were for the first time soldiers have been deployed to official buildings and sensitive sites to protect. Were special army units turned on already on the street were present to prevent terrorist attacks. The deployment of the soldiers offers the police more manpower and capabilities to maintain law and order, said a government spokesman.
Around 17 o'clock began the demonstrators after a peaceful procession varies, but a group returned to the centre of Paris. On the boulevard de Strasbourg this group was stopped by the ordetroepen, that is the way with men and lorries were blocked and tear gas bets to the crowd, especially young people, with the hood of their sweater over the head and a scarf covering their nose and mouth, to disperse.
Several trash cans were set on fire, the window of the bank shattered and the atm damaged. Soon came politieversterking on the spot, that the burning bluste with the water cannon. After being dispersed the demonstrators in the surrounding streets.