Clashes in Paris, protesters defy rally ban
Protesters jump over the gates of the Martin Luther King park, northwest of Paris, to escape tear gas as they demonstrate near the courthouse against police violence. – AFP pic, June 3, 2020.
CONFRONTATIONS between police and protesters erupted in Paris after around 20,000 people defied a ban to rally over the 2016 death of a black man in police custody, galvanised by US demonstrations against racism and deadly police violence. The protesters used slogans from the American protest movement to call for justice for Adama Traore, whose death four years ago has been a rallying cause against police brutality in France.
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