You are here

Residents Fight Pro-Migrant Supporters In Calais

Scuffles broke out at a pro-migrant rally in Calais, France, with one resident brandishing a rifle and pointing it at the marchers. Russia Today reports: The footage, filmed Saturday, features a French family and their neighbors trying to prevent the not-so-peaceful demonstration from marching through the street that they live on. The conflict escalated quickly as two men started insulting the protesters who “didn’t like” that, photojournalist Frederik Sadones told RT. The protesters returned the insults and started throwing things at the men, bicycle tires among them. RT YouTube video: The crowd that significantly outnumbered the residents also forced them to move closer to their house. One of the residents apparently feeling under pressure resorted to a desperate measure – he went back home and returned holding a hunting rifle, all this while the other man and himself were still being showered with various objects. “The man went back inside and he took his hunting rifle back out and he pointed it at refugees … the people quickly dissipated, police showed up as well, but fortunately nobody got hurt and no shots were fired,” Sadones said. The other man could be seeing trying to attack migrants with a stick before [...]