Star actor Omar Sy calls for "waking up" and "denouncing police violence" in France, in a column published Thursday in L'Obs , calling for a "police worthy of our democracy", after the demonstrations for Adama Traoré.
"Let us wake up," asks Omar Sy in this call, which he invites to sign to follow him in his approach. “I walked for George Floyd in the United States. The name of George Floyd carried many others echoing in my head. That of Adama Traoré, in France ”, he underlines in this text.
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“The death of Adama Traoré is as unjust and unworthy as that of George Floyd. I am delighted that we are aware of this today, I am delighted to see tens of thousands of people from all walks of life surround with their strength the loved ones of Adama Traoré, his brothers, his sister, Assa ", said again Omar Sy.
The actor had expressed his support for the family of Adama Traoré during the death of this young black man in 2016, after an arrest. He has since accompanied his sister in her quest for justice.
20,000 people demonstrated Tuesday in Paris
"Let's look ahead, have the courage to denounce the police violence that is committed in France. Let us commit to remedy it. Let us no longer be spectators of a violent system, ”he continues. He also calls "for change, for the questioning of a system that cannot claim justice without ending the organized impunity that has raged for decades".
At least 20,000 people demonstrated Tuesday in Paris at the call of the family support committee of Adama Traoré. Other rallies in France have brought together several thousand people to denounce police violence, in the context of the death in the United States of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man asphyxiated by a police officer.
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