Paris police have banned a demonstration called today in memory of a man who died after a police arrest in 2016, fearing it could spark further unrest.
The call for the march in Paris came after the authorities prohibited a similar concentration, also called for this Saturday in Persan, a town on the northern outskirts of the French capital.
The initial ban by the municipality of Val-d’Oise was followed by a court appeal, but the court upheld the ban, announced late Friday, fearing further unrest following the 17-year-old’s death.
Following the court’s decision, the municipality appealed, in a statement, to the organizers to “respect the decision” and not meet at the scheduled location.
The initiatives were meant to demand justice for Adama Traoré, who died on July 19, 2016 after a police arrest in Persan.
Adama Traoré’s family organize regular demonstrations to protest what they consider to be a death as a result of police violence against minorities and to demand that the truth be clarified.
Given the recent wave of riots that affected the main French cities between June 27 and July 2, the Paris police also prohibited the demonstration in the capital, called for 12:00 (11:00 in Lisbon) in Praça da República, a symbolic place for demonstrations.
The left-wing party França Insubmissa called for today several demonstrations of “mourning and anger” for police violence in several cities, such as Marseille and Strasbourg, but not in Paris.
Source: TSF
