Gunfire in Paris: One Policeman Confirmed Dead

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Unfolding now as I type.

The French Republic goes to the polls this Sunday in the first round of the Presidential election...

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Second Policeman now dead apparently.... with more gunfire being reported by various sources.

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[Landon]

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Second Policeman now dead apparently.... with more gunfire being reported by various sources.

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Loving the pic man. Too true.

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But I thought solidarity would bring an end to all of these attacks? :'(

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But I thought solidarity would bring an end to all of these attacks? :'(

#DiversityIsOurStrength #ParisIsOpen #RefugeesWelcome #CryFest #SadiqKhanSaysThisIsTheNewNormal


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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/21/xavier-jugele-policeman-killed-paris-gay-rights-activist

Xavier Jugelé: policeman killed in Paris was gay rights activist

Tributes paid to policeman who attended 2015 attack on Bataclan concert hall and worked in Greece helping migrants

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When the Bataclan concert hall reopened 2016, a year after the terrorist attack in Paris which left 130 people dead, police officer Xavier Jugelé described his happiness at seeing the venue once again open its doors.


“I’m happy to be here,” he told People magazine in an interview. “Glad the Bataclan is reopening. It’s symbolic. We’re here tonight as witnesses. Here to defend our civic values. This concert’s to celebrate life. To say no to terrorists.” Jugelé had been part of the response team that rushed to the Bataclan in the wake of that attack in November 2015.

But this week, another night of terror took his life.

Jugelé, a member of the Paris police force since 2010, was killed by a gunman on the Champs-Élysées in the Thursday night attack, which the French government is treating as a terrorist incident.

On Friday, it emerged that Jugelé was a proud defender of gay rights. A member of Flag, a French association for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender police officers, he had joined protests against Russia’s ban on “homosexual propaganda” before the 2014 Olympics.

Officers praised his commitment to his job, adding that he had been to Greece to help police officers struggling to cope with the numbers of migrants who had crossed the Aegean sea to find refuge in Europe.


Busy protesting liberal trendy causes like Russia not allowing men to hold hands in Moscow instead of protesting the real issue, the elephant in the room, which is that in virtually every Islamic country being gay is illegal/can result in death and that the million or so people Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande let into Europe last year make Putin's views on homosexuality look friendly.

But no, naughty Vlad in Russia not letting Russian children learn about homosexuality was the real issue for this guy. That, together with helping the process (voluntary?) of letting anti-gay muslims into Europe - now he's dead. Interesting to note now that some polling has put the Front National as the top party amongst gay people so at least some are awake as to who really hates them (most followers of Islam) and who is really their best friend (the right wing).