Thousands of people gathered across France on Saturday to protest at racism and police violence as public anger grows after a raft of complaints ...
Demonstrators dropped to their knees and raised a fist as they turned out to march in the western city of Nantes. PARIS: Thousands of people gathered across France on Saturday to protest at racism and police violence as public anger grows after a raft of complaints against officers and in the wake of the death of George Floyd in the United States.
Traore's sister Assa Traore called on those attending the rally to"denounce the denial of justice, denounce social, racial, police violence," renewing a call for an investigation into her sibling's death. Binta Kamara, 18, said she had come"to support black people, minorities, to show solidarity. I am young and the future belongs to us. We have to change things."
Other rallies were being held in cities from Marseille and Montpellier in the south to Nantes and Bordeaux in the west.French President Emmanuel Macron, due to address the nation on Sunday, notably on the easing of lockdowns, had Thursday noted the need not to"lose the youth" as feelings run ever higher in the wake of the Floyd case.Thousands of people turned out in Paris and other cities to protest against police violence amid calls for change.
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