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The protesters were raising slogans that echoed the protest movement raging in the US

Wednesday June 3, 2020 10:12 AM, ummid.com with inputs from Agencies

[The Traore case has long been a rallying cause against police brutality in France, which young, black men say is often targeted at them. (Photo: ABS-CBN News/2016 file)]

Paris: Thousands of people Tuesday protested in Paris over the death of a young black man in French police custody in 2016 whose death has long been a subject of controversy in France.

The protesters were raising slogans that echoed the protest movement raging in the US, according to Associated Press.

Paris police chief Didier Lallement had refused permission for the rally to go ahead outside a Paris court for protesters calling for justice for Adama Traore, whose death has long been a subject of controversy in France.

'Inspired by protests in US'

Many of the protesters on Tuesday drew inspiration from the protest movement in the United States over the police killing last week of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, brandishing viral slogans in English such as “Black Lives Matter” and “I can’t breathe.”

“Today we are not just talking about the fight of the Traore family. It is the fight for everyone. When we fight for George Floyd, we fight for Adama Traore,” elder sister Assa Traore told the protest.

“What is happening in the United States is an echo of what is happening in France,” she added.

Police officers exonerated

The Traore case has long been a rallying cause against police brutality in France, which young, black men say is often targeted at them.

Last Friday, French medical experts exonerated the three police officers, dismissing a medical report commissioned by the young man’s family that said he had died of asphyxiation. It was the third official report to clear the officers.

Adding to the controversy, a new probe commissioned by the Traore family said Tuesday that his death was caused by the arrest technique used by the officers, a source said.

Meanwhile over a dozen cities in the Unites States are under curfew even as President Trump has threatened to deploy army if the violence is not controlled.

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