Tens of thousands demonstrate in Paris against police violence

SANAA, June 3 (YPA) – Tens of thousands of people On Tuesday took to streets in Paris, the French capital in protests against police violence and racism against black people.

Protesters demanded that the killers of Adama Traoré, a young black man who died in 2016 while being questioned by police, be held accountable.

The demonstration was clearly influenced by demonstrations in the United States to protest the killing of George Floyd by police during his arrest, Le Figaro reported.

Many young people, in an ethnically mixed crowd and in a largely peaceful and peaceful atmosphere, carried banners bearing slogans associated with the ” Black Lives Matter movement” in the United States.

Adama Traore’s sister, who died in 2016 after being arrested by gendarmes in a town north of Paris, and her supporters called for rallies  near Paris’ main court complex.

The Paris police banned the protest, saying it violated the new Coronavirus restrictions, which prohibit the gathering of more than 10 people.

Some clashes and stone-throwing took place during the demonstration, and some protesters set fire to garbage containers before police dispersed them to the side streets of Place de Clichy, where the Palace of Justice is located.

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