The following videos show two separate incidents of police brutality in France during last weekend’s Yellow Vest demonstrations. Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translations, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling.

WARNING: Both these videos, but particularly the first one, may be disturbing to sensitive viewers, who are advised to skip them and simply read the transcripts.

The first video was recorded during a Yellow Vest demonstration in the city of Nantes in Brittany. The protest was close to a public park where a “fun fair” for children was taking place. The police shot gas (presumably tear gas) at the demonstrators, and inadvertently gassed the children on a merry-go-round. Towards the end of this clip you can see people helping a little girl who was incapacitated by the gas:

The second video records events at a Burger King during the demonstration. The exact location in France is not clear. In it you see several young people trapped at the back of the restaurant, lying helplessly on the floor while riot police beat them with batons:

Video transcript #1:

00:00 Eh, there’s a fun fair, right here. 00:12 They [the police] are gassing children who are in merry-go-rounds! 00:16 They are gassing children who are in merry-go-rounds! Please! 00:20 Look, look at this scandal! We were about to leave and they are gassing children! 00:24 No, other than that I don’t care. This is sick! Share, please! 00:28 Look what’s going on in Nantes. There’s a fair. There are children everywhere. 00:32 And they [the police] are gassing everything! 00:37 The children and all! 00:41 Oh my God, oh my God! 00:45 Bastards, bastards, bastards! That you would do that to children! 00:49 Oh là, là, they’re screaming! 00:53 They’re screaming, the children! We have to help them! 00:57 [unintelligible] 01:01 Oh, damn! 01:05 Calm down, calm down, you have to swallow this. It will help you. 01:10 It will remove the burning sensation from your mouth. 01:14 Calm down, voilà, it’s OK. 01:18 Spit, yes, spit it out! 01:22 Don’t worry, spit it out! [unintelligible] 01:26 Those are the effects of the gas. 01:30 Listen, we are here, look.



Video transcript #2: