Lazy French taxi drivers are rampaging today  in protest against Uber. They accuse the taxi app of creating an “unfair competitive situation”…

https://twitter.com/Elizabeth_A_D/status/614019144317599744

I think Dinosaurs should have protested against their extinction too! #taxi #Paris http://t.co/6ZXY5p8G1X pic.twitter.com/8XgDJGa4iL

— Radek Mika (@radekmika) June 25, 2015

Aside from their usual past time of flipping cars and burning tires, the taxi drivers have for some reason attacked Courtney Love and have taken her driver hostage.

Dude @kanyewest we may turn back to the airport and hide out with u.picketers just attacked our car #ParisUberStrike pic.twitter.com/MtanurybOO

— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015

they've ambushed our car and are holding our driver hostage. they're beating the cars with metal bats. this is France?? I'm safer in Baghdad

— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015

Vive la révolution!

UPDATE:

Courtney Love is demanding François Hollande comes to rescue her.

François Hollande where are the fucking police??? is it legal for your people to attack visitors? Get your ass to the airport. Wtf???

— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015

UPDATE II:

Courtney escapes

paid some guys on motorcycles to sneak us out, got chased by a mob of taxi drivers who threw rocks, passed two police and they did nothing

— Courtney Love Cobain (@Courtney) June 25, 2015