The "yellow vests" clashed with the police during a new demonstration in Paris

Thousands of protesters are taking part today in the protest march called in Paris by the "yellow vests" denounce police violence, including some de facto leaders of the protest movement. After a few hours of calm, moments of tension between the participants and the forces of order began to register.

Police released tear gas and rubber bullets, apparently in response to the launching of projectiles by demonstrators in the district of the Plaza de la República, in the center of Paris. Until now, they have not revealed whether there were any wounded or people arrested for these incidents.

This twelfth day of protest, which began November 17 to denounce rising fuel prices, also echoed in other French cities, such as Valencia (south-east), Tours (center) or Rouen (north), among others.

"The problem today is police violence, because it is unbearable. They banned us from demonstrating and they shot us for no reason. There is a great repression. There are many wounded. We were born as a pacifist movement and this violence is not understood, "said Leduc, 36, one of the participants.

Leduc, who lives outside Paris, I wore a crest in tribute to the protesters who would have lost an eye by the rubber bullets fired by the police during the demonstrations.

The march was followed by Jerome Rodrigues, one of the symbols of the movement since he's reported being shot in the eye by police shots.

Rodrigues, on a platform, He urged the participants in the event, which was also attended by Eric Drouet, the young trucker who is one of the drivers of the "yellow vests".

"Rubber bullets are not used properly, so we want them to be banned (…) We want to highlight the wounded in this event because the media ignores them", said Drouet, who calculated more than 100 casualties in the eye by police shots.

This demonstration takes place one day after the State Council would make sure that the police use the rubber bullets to control possible altercations in these manifestations.

Since November 17, many violent clashes took place during the marches, the most famous on December 2, during the looting of the Paris Arc de Triomphe.