PARIS, June 2 — Paris police banned today a demonstration planned in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year old black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation which some have likened to the death of George Floyd in the United States. The Paris police department said in a statement that there were...
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PARIS, June 2 — Paris police banned today a demonstration planned in memory of Adama Traore, a 24-year old black Frenchman who died in a 2016 police operation which some have likened to the death of George Floyd in the United States.
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