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Thousands of people demonstrated Saturday in Paris and other French cities against racism and police violence and demanded justice for Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old man who died in 2016 after being detained by the gendarmes. His family sees a parallel between his death and that of African-American George Floyd, who died on May 25 at the hands of a white police officer in the United States after being arrested.

The objective of the demonstration was "to denounce the denial of justice, police violence, social violence and racial violence," explained Assa Traoré, sister of Adama Traoré and organizer of the Parisian protest, in which 15,000 people participated , according to the police.

" It is the French people who are fighting this battle , not only the Traoré family, not only the families of the victims. No one should limit themselves to being a spectator of death, of racial violence," said Assa Traoré, who claimed "a fair justice for all. " The gendarmes have not yet been tried for the death of their brother.

Racism returns to the center of the political debate in France. "It is a victory that France recognizes that there is racism in the French police," Traoré said, days after Interior Minister Christophe Castaner promised "zero tolerance" against racism and police violence.

Assa Taoré explained that on Friday he was "ashamed" to see the French police "demonstrate to maintain the permission to kill." Adama Traoré's sister was referring to the controversial strangulation technique for immobilizing detainees, which the French police will stop using from now on, according to Castaner. French police officers symbolically threw their handcuffs to the ground Thursday and Friday in protest at accusations that they are racist and violent.

The Parisian demonstration, which took place in the Place de la République, began in a peaceful environment, but as the afternoon progressed there were tensions . Police fired tear gas and there were some clashes between riot police and protesters.

The extreme right-wing group Génération Identitaire provoked anti-racist protesters in Paris by unfolding a huge banner on the roof of one of the buildings that surround Republic Square: "Justice for victims of anti-white racism." Instead of "Black lives matter," these far-right militants proclaimed "White lives matter."

The residents of the building broke the banner to the applause of the protesters in the square. Twelve far-right militants were arrested for this action.

"Black lives matter", "Justice for Traoré", "Being 'neutral' does not exist. Either you are with us or against us", "No justice, no peace", "Being black is not a crime", " The supremacy white and state violence are a pandemic "read some banners carried by protesters in Paris.

"Police everywhere, justice nowhere," cried thousands of protesters, kneeling on the ground, the symbol of protests in the United States against police violence and racism that has spread throughout the world.

"The government does not want to listen to us, to acknowledge that there is police violence," explained Lauryn, who was carrying a banner that said "If we do not speak, no one will do it for us." This 20-year-old student explains that there is racism in France and that, for example, she, unlike her white classmates, does not put her photo on the resume so that she is not ruled out beforehand because she is black at the time of call her for a job interview.

French government spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye, of Senegalese origin, was in favor of reopening "calmly" the debate on ethnic statistics , banned in France but allowed in other countries, such as the United States. This would allow, for example, to know to what extent minorities are more likely to end up in prison or be discriminated against in a job or when renting a house because of the color of their skin.

The Council of State restores freedom of demonstration in France

The French Council of State lifted this Saturday the general ban on demonstration on public roads, considering that it is not justified by the current health situation, since the measure was included in the second phase of the de-escalation of the confinement that forced the pandemic of coronavirus.

The Council of State, the highest administrative authority in France, spoke out as thousands of people demonstrated in various cities of the country against racism and police violence, noting that "the ban on demonstration is not justified in the health situation current and when it is possible to respect the protection gestures ".

In the framework of the state of sanitary emergency, established to face the pandemic, article 3 of the decree of May 31, 2020 prohibits meetings and activities that bring together more than ten people in public space.

This is the clause by which the prefecture of Paris decided only to tolerate the concentration in the square instead of allowing a demonstration to take place, as the organizers had announced.

Various associations and unions had asked to suspend the application of this prohibition, although in the last two weeks several demonstrations have taken place that have brought together up to 20,000 people in the capital , and this Saturday brought together some 18,000 people across the country.

The Council of State now vetoes said provision and recalls that "the High Council of Public Health does not recommend in its recommendations any restriction on movement in public space" as long as distance and mask measures are respected , provided that they are not has found an epidemic outbreak.

The General Directorate of Health already confirmed this week a month after the lack of control, that there were no signs of a second wave of Covid-19 in France, although the virus continues to circulate but is currently under control.

"Freedom of demonstration is a fundamental freedom , " said the State Council, which made the exception in demonstrations where distance cannot be respected or where there is a risk of bringing together more than 5,000 people, and provided that the concentration has previously declared in the prefecture. / EFE

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