From Raw Story:
French mourners in the city of Lille, which is north of Paris, sent anti-immigrant bigots scurrying away after they tried to intrude on a vigil for victims of Friday night’s terrorist attacks, the Independent reports.
The vigil began at 3 p.m. local time but was quickly interrupted by about 15 members of far-right group, the French National Front. The group angered grief-stricken vigil attendees by shouting, “Expel Islamists,” throwing firecrackers and unfurling an Islamophobic banner.
But the bigots were quickly forced to leave when the crowd of hundreds turned on them and forced them to retreat. Security forces intervened before tensions escalated further, according to the British publication.
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The French National Front is a fringe, anti-immigrant political party whose leader, Marine Le Pen, just yesterday said to reporters,
"Islamist fundamentalism must be annihilated, France must ban Islamist organizations, close radical mosques and expel foreigners who preach hatred in our country as well as illegal migrants who have nothing to do here.”
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The bigots’ large banner, translated from the French, read, “Let’s Expel the Islamists”. Hundreds of mourners quickly converged to expel these assholes instead.
Here is the video:
Update — from BMscott in the comments:
Correction: the Front National is not a fringe party, unfortunately. It won a plurality of the vote in the 2014 election of French representatives to the EU parliament, and Marine le Pen got 17.9% of the first-round votes in the 2012 presidential election. A year later polling put her behind Sarkozy but ahead of President Hollande.
