Avoid movement gaining momentum. The day after a banned rally organized in Paris at the call of the family support committee of Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old black man who died in 2016 after his arrest, government spokesman Sibeth Ndiaye called for "Appeasement".
Eighteen people were arrested during incidents on the sidelines of this demonstration which took place in the context of those organized in the United States and in other countries after the death of George Floyd, a black American of 46 years old suffocated by a white police officer in the United States on May 25.
The death of Adama Traoré was “a drama” which arouses “a legitimate emotion still very present in our country”, declared Mrs. Ndiaye after the Council of Ministers. Tuesday night's demonstration, which gathered 20,000 people, "had not been banned for its purpose but for health reasons" linked to the coronavirus epidemic, said the spokeswoman.
"There is no state violence instituted in our country"
It was not the subject of a discussion in the Council of Ministers, she said, recalling that a judicial investigation was underway. "We have every confidence in the justice system to make all the clarifications and, if necessary, a trial, if necessary, on this case," she said.
VIDEO. Rally for Adama Traoré: 20,000 demonstrators gathered, incidents during the dispersal
“This demonstration, although prohibited, took place for most of the time in calm. At the end of the demonstration there were events which are obviously condemnable and completely regrettable, the police intervened with measure, "she said.
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“There is no state violence instituted in our country. When there are incidents, when there are faults which are committed by members of the security forces, there are investigations and if necessary sanctions when faults are proven, "she added. .
Do not compare France and the United States
Between France and the United States, the situations “are not entirely comparable, neither in terms of history nor in the organization of society. I call to approach these subjects with great caution, ”she concluded.
The right condemned the Paris demonstration on Wednesday. "Such a demonstration, in full state of emergency, is to flout the law", denounced the president LR of the Senate Gérard Larcher on RTL. Conversely, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of LFI, judged the images of the gatherings "impressive of calm and quiet determination", taking the defense of "this youth humiliated by the incessant controls, the permanent injustice and ostentatiously unpunished police violence ”.
