This Saturday 9th February, the Yellow Vests were demonstrating in the city centre of Nantes for the 13th weekend in a row. At the height of the afternoon, there were a thousand.
Weekends follow and look alike. This Saturday 9th February, in Nantes, Yellow Vests stroll into the city centre, for what they call “act 13” .
The procession set out shortly before 2:30 pm, calmly, from the centre of rue du 50 otages.
At the start of the parade, according to a first estimate, they were 400 protesters.
#Nantes#Giletsjaunes.
Départ de la manif. Le cortège emprunte le cours des 50 Otages, comme chaque samedi. Première estimation : environ 400 personnes pic.twitter.com/SdxRIHtKJr— Yasmine Tigoe (@YTigoe) 9 February 2019
The procession then grew. At the height of the afternoon, there were a thousand demonstrators in the parade.
#Nantes#Giletsjaunes. Le cortège a grossi. Passe devant la préfecture. Ambiance calme pic.twitter.com/rOahCRFwEi
— Yasmine Tigoe (@YTigoe) 9 February 2019
Stones and Tear gas
The first rocket and tear gas exchanges took place shortly after 3 pm
#Nantes#Giletsjaunes .
Quelques jets de pierres à hauteur de l’arrêt de tram « Duchesse Anne ». Jet de lacrymos en retour— Yasmine Tigoe (@YTigoe) 9 February 2019
#Nantes#Giletsjaunes. Entendu le long du parcours. Un ado à un autre, comme au spectacle: « Tu vas voir, ça va gazer, les gens vont courir »
— Yasmine Tigoe (@YTigoe) 9 February 2019
There was a slight tension on the course of 50 otages for the second pass. The procession was blocked by tear gas.
#Nantes#Giletsjaunes. C’est reparti pour une deuxième tour pic.twitter.com/1eaffInRip
— Yasmine Tigoe (@YTigoe) 9 February 2019
#Nantes#Giletsjaunes. « Dispersez vous » lancent les forces de l’ordre aux manifestants, au bout du cours des 50 Otages pic.twitter.com/luh2hmTWgr
— Yasmine Tigoe (@YTigoe) 9 February 2019
Around 4:30 pm, groups of demonstrators were still at the crossroads of the trams at Commerce. But the security forces threw tear gas clouds over the course of the 50 Otages, forcing what was left of the procession to disperse.
