Adama Traoré, Lamine Dieng, Amine Bentounsi, Wissam El-Yamni… Long is the list of names that have been shelled, plastered on the panels and banners. This Saturday, the day of all the demonstrations in Paris, around a thousand people gathered at Place de la République in Paris to denounce the police violence and pay tribute to the alleged victims of the police.
Authorized, after commitments have been made by the organizers on the respect of sanitary rules, the gathering of the Republic has formed around the family of Lamine Dieng, This young Franco-Senegalese of 25 years died in 2007 after an arrest in Paris. After 13 years of fighting, his relatives have just obtained an amicable agreement unveiled on Monday by the European Court of Human Rights: the French State will pay € 145,000 to his family, in order to settle any prosecution in this case.
"The police violence continues, it does not stop, there is nothing that stops the police because there are no sanctions," said Ramata Dieng, the sister of the disappeared, calling for the end of certain police intervention techniques, including ventral plating, throttling key and folding.
" No justice, no peace !"
"This victory gives strength and courage," asserts, in turn, at the microphone Assa Traore, Adama's sister, a young black man who died in July 2016 after his arrest by the gendarmes of Beaumont-sur-Oise (95). On June 2, the Truth and Justice for Adama collective brought together 20,000 people before the Paris court (17th century). And 15,000 last weekend. "We are going to bring down this war machine," insists Assa Traoré. We have become soldiers despite ourselves! "
" No justice, no peace ! Chants the compact crowd in response. One by one, the relatives of the victims, perched on the podium, told the last hours of their brothers, children, uncles ...: "If the police are to be condemned, justice is also responsible," prevailed Omar Slaouti, Family spokesperson for Ali Ziri, a 69-year-old man who died after an arrest in Argenteuil (95) in 2009.
The demonstrators then started a march towards the Ménilmontant district, where Lamine Dieng died.
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This Saturday, seven rallies were planned in Paris, including two not authorized by the police headquarters, in favor of the regularization of undocumented migrants and against the decline in purchasing power. Prohibited, a demonstration took place at the call of the Chechen community, places de la Bastille and Palais-Royal, after the recent incidents in Dijon. A mobilization, also prohibited, launched by the Black African Defense League in memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the police in the USA, was held at Place de la Concorde (VIIIth), near the Embassy of the States -United. Two people were arrested there, according to the Paris police headquarters.