Topless Femen Pulled From Roof Above Far Right Protest in Paris [View all]

[The Straight Story]

Topless Femen Pulled From Roof Above Far Right Protest in Paris

Topless Ukrainian feminists, Femen were taken off a roof by firemen hundreds of feet above a far right demonstration in central Paris this afternoon. Four women, including the groups leader, Inna Shevchenko occupied a balcony above a crowd of hundreds of members of extreme right wing groups to protest against neo-Nazism.

The women, appearing shirtless and in hotpants, joined hands above a huge red banner reading "Sextermination to Nazism" above Paris' Place de Pyramids, by the Louvre. Far right groups had gathered to commemorate Joan of Arc, adopted as an iconic figure by extreme French nationalists.

The four women stood above the jeering crowd for roughly an hour while police attempted to reach them. Officers scaled the balcony of an adjacent hotel and began trying to pull in Femen's banner, as well as calling to the women to come down. Around 1pm a fire engine arrived, and a ladder was extended up towards the women. Simultaneously, a fireman began to climb across to reach them.

The Femen activists obeyed police instructions to descend once firemen reached them, climbing calmly down the ladder one at a time, helped by two sapeur-pompiers. Each woman turned to face the crowd and blow kisses from half-way up the ladder. The crowd below shouted insults at the women and chanted "Jump, jump!" over and over again. Riot police armed with batons and shields formed lines around the ladder, as far right demonstrators tried to approach.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/patrick-reevell/femen-topless-paris-protest_b_3262960.html