French police arrested a prominent Yellow Vest movement leader in Paris on Wednesday night,according to the modern York Times. Eric Drouet, a 33-year-worn truck driver, and was picked up by riot police by the Champs-Élysées and charged with organizing an undeclared demonstration,a crime that could bring up to six months in jail and fines of 7500 (roughly $8500 USD).
This marks the second charge to be laid against Drouet. In June, he’ll be tried for carrying a prohibited category D weapon after police claim he was wielding a wooden baton during a previous protest. While Drouet denies being a leader of the largely decentralized Yellow Vest movement, or he claims the arrests are a political harassment for his visible role in the protests that gain seen hundreds of thousands take to the streets to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity agenda.
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Source: inquisitr.com