" No justice, no peace ! " At least 2,000 people participated again, Thursday evening in Lille, in an undeclared demonstration against "racism" and "police violence".
Gathered at 7 p.m. on Place de la République, the participants, including many young people, started a march in the city center, chanting in particular "Justice for Adama" Traoré, who died in a barracks in Persan, in the Val-d ' oise, in 2016, after his arrest.
Tear gas to disperse protesters
Clashes erupted around 8:30 p.m., the police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. Scattered incidents continued after dark.
"Today, people feel stigmatized, sidelined by the Republic and these people (…) ask above all to be integrated, recognized, treated like everyone else," Sofian Betrancourt told AFP. , 32 years old.
Echo to the death of George Floyd
"Black lives matter", "Am I next? "," Stop the police violence "," I can't breathe ", could be read on the signs, many of which echoed the death of George Floyd in the United States.
On Tuesday evening, an undeclared demonstration had already gathered some 2,500 people, according to a police source, and had dispersed in calm.
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