The prefect of police Didier Lallement prohibited the rally organized Tuesday evening June 2 in front of the Paris court by the family support committee of Adama Traoré, a young black man of 24 years who died in 2016 during an arrest .
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The demonstration, scheduled for 7:00 p.m., " was not the subject of any prior declaration and being able to gather many people, is not authorized " because of the state of health emergency which prohibits any public gathering of more of ten people, explains the Prefecture of Police (PP) in a press release. The Police Prefecture also believes that " the tone of the call to protest relayed by social networks raises fears that overflows will take place on a sensitive site ".
" This evening's rally is maintained, the Paris prefecture and its political prefect are trying to intimidate those who demand justice! ", Reacted on Twitter the Adama Committee.
On July 19, 2016, Adama Traoré died in the Persan barracks, almost two hours after his arrest in his city of Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val-d'Oise) after a chase with the gendarmes. Last week, new judicial expertise removed the responsibility of the gendarmes.
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Assa Traore, Adama's sister and spokesperson for the " Truth for Adama " committee behind the rally, denounced a " denial of justice " in this case which, for its defenders, has become a symbol of police violence. The call for the rally comes against the backdrop of an outbreak of protests in the United States after the death of George Floyd.