After a morning of blockades in various places, Tuesday, November 20, 2018, the police gradually put an end to the actions of Yellow Vests of Nord-Cotentin. The irreducible kept the course at the roundabout Penesme, Tourlaville. Other actions are expected in the coming days.

"I think it's going to be played by the cat and the mouse now," says a demonstrator at the roundabout called Tourelles, in Tourlaville (Manche), during the fourth day of

shares of yellow vests in France. After carrying out numerous blockages in the Nord-Cotentin in the morning, the Yellow Vests, less numerous by the day, saw the wall erected around Cherbourg crumbling Tuesday, after interventions by the police.

It started, however, according to the same refrain since Saturday, November 17, 2018: snail operation from 8:30 on the RN13, in the direction Saint-Lô - Cherbourg, blockages or dams filtering around the Cotentin, including access to the central Flamanville or at the roundabout Malraux de la Glacerie. But from 12 pm, the movement now including fewer staff, gradually fades.

CRS sent?

At the roundabout La Glacerie, a rumor alarm yellow jackets. "The prefect circulates in all the points of blockages to order to release in one hour, or the CRS will charge" , advance a young demonstrator. Information that many of his fellow soldiers support. Nevertheless, the prefecture assures it: the prefect is in Saint-Lô and never ordered the sending of CRS.

To cope with this eventuality, the Yellow Vests climb into their vehicle to join the roundabout Penesme, said Tourelles, Tourlaville. They are more than fifty to wait for the so-called arrival of the police, but without blocking the circulation.

In the absence of a leader within the movement, the proposals fuse randomly everywhere: "As soon as they arrive, we sit on the roundabout and we do not move! " Proposes a forty-year-old. "No, you have to get back in the car and launch a new snail operation , " says, later, a thirty-something.

Fatigue and mistrust

Some take initiatives: tractor tires are burned, resulting in huge black smoke. This does not please everyone. " It's silly ! It's pollution and it's dangerous! In addition it serves our cause! " Denounce the majority of participants.

Yellow vests took the initiative to burn tractor tires, a gesture that the majority of protesters disapproved of. | West France

The general climate is no longer "good kid" , as we have been able to report in some areas of the Channel since Saturday. Fatigue is felt, mistrust and aggression rise in some. "But we stay there, in the cold and the rain, to show our will," says a young protester, seeking to maintain his determination.

As dams are forbidden, vests run back and forth on a pedestrian crossing. "It's legal! But the police quickly ended there. | West France

Finally, around 3 pm, a police van with shields disembarks. "We received the order from the prefecture to stop any blockage by 7 pm, warns an officer. All that remains is this blocking point in Cherbourg. Maybe we will have to intervene. "

Get organized to last

Tuesday, November 20, 2018, they met in the evening at the Plage-Verte, Cherbourg, joined by Yellow Vests Valognes. He was at least 200. "We have to do smart things. The idea is not to annoy the Cherbourgois, " says one of the leaders.

After the confusion that prevailed on Tuesday, they realized that we must organize. One spoke of getting closer to other departments. The idea is that the movement lasts: "It's not over," chanted one of these acolytes.

The yellow vests have planned, in particular, to continue snail operations and to implement other "legal" actions . We must expect a new burst of yellow vests in the coming days in Cherbourg.