2023-07-09 16:54:00
The young man was injured by the police and a huge mobilization was called for this Sunday. / Photo: AFP
marches of protest were summoned for this Sunday in France after police detained and injured a young black man during a demonstration to remember his brother’s death in custody seven years ago.
Youssouf Traoré was one of two arrested in the demonstration in Paris in memory of his brother Adamaa 24-year-old man of Malian origin who died in a police station after his arrest in July 2016 in the Paris region.
Despite the fact that the march had been prohibited, 2,000 people participated in it.
A video that captured the arrest of Youssouf Traoré, who is seen resisting the Police before being knocked to the ground by several agents.
Traoré was injured in the eye and was hospitalizedreported the AFP news agency.
Left-wing parties, associations and unions called for a “massive” mobilization this Sunday in Paris.
The arrest comes in a tense context in France since the death of another Frenchman descendant of African immigrants from former French colonies, Nahel, 17, shot in June by a policeman at a traffic control near Paris.
The arrest comes in a tense context in France since the death of another Frenchman descendant of African immigrants from former French colonies, Nahel, 17, shot in June by a policeman at a traffic control near Paris.
His death, on June 27, was filmed in a video that went viral, and followed an unprecedented six nights of urban riots in the country since 2005, with thousands arrested, hundreds of police officers injured and property burned.
The protests constituted the second major crisis for French President Emmanuel Macron in a few months.after massive demonstrations against his decision to impose a pension reform by decree.
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