This figure of “yellow vests” was arrested for organizing a “prohibited demonstration”, while he claims to be on social networks as one of the organizers of the “Freedom Convoy”.
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Jérôme Rodrigues, one of the figures of the “yellow vests”, was arrested on Saturday afternoon February 12 near the Elysee Palace in Paris, franceinfo learned from a police source.
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He was arrested for having organized a “prohibited demonstration”, according to the same source. This Saturday, demonstrators take part in self-proclaimed “freedom” convoys in their vehicles near the Champs-Elysées.
A well-known figure in the “yellow vests” movement, Jérôme Rodrigues claimed to be on social networks as one of the organizers of anti-sanitary measures convoys, self-proclaimed “freedom convoys”.
“If they block traffic or if they try to block the capital, you have to be very firm” had indicated Friday Jean Castex on France 2. “The right to demonstrate and to have an opinion is a constitutionally guaranteed right in our Republic and in our democracy. The right to block others or prevent coming and going is not.”