New rallies and tributes are scheduled Tuesday at 6 p.m. in several cities in France to salute the memory of George Floyd, this 46-year-old African American, killed on May 25 in Minneapolis by a white police officer. It was at this point that his intimate burial would begin in Houston, Texas.
In Paris, SOS Racisme called for a “solemn gathering” on Place de la République to pay homage to George Floyd. "Your presence will also mean a reminder of our determination to fight racism here in the police and in any other sector", underlines the association, which asks everyone to wear a mask and "respect the health rules in force" .
🔴 @SOS_Racisme calls for a solemn rally in tribute to #GeorgeFloyd
Let's meet on June 9 at 6 p.m. Place de la République to pay tribute to a victim of #RacismDansLaPolice https://t.co/6C2u00QIwq pic.twitter.com / bICKn6dQ9P
"On this occasion, we will observe 8'46" of silence, during which time the knee of the murderer of George Floyd crushed the neck of the latter. A few brief speeches will then take place ”, specifies SOS Racisme president Dominique Sopo. "This rally has been declared in the prefecture," he explains. Even if it does not receive the approval of the authorities, it "will take place and will be, by our presence, a new moment of arrest", adds Dominique Sopo.
Several unions (CGT, FSU, Unsa), political parties (EELV, PS, LFI, PCF), student and high school organizations (Fage, Unef, UNL), associations and NGOs (League for Human Rights, MRAP, Cran) have joined this call. On Saturday, some 5,500 people were gathered in Paris, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
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The death in July 2016 of Adama Traoré in the barracks of Persan (Val-d'Oise) is also in many minds.
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In the regions, other gatherings are announced in Lille, Grenoble, Dijon, Amiens, Bourges, Poitiers and Angers, where the prefecture has issued a prohibition order. In Toulouse, the event is scheduled for Wednesday. The rallies against police violence gathered nearly 18,000 people in the region on Saturday, according to figures from the Interior Ministry.
Several thousand people gathered in #Strasbourg.
This action is a continuation of the indignation caused in the United States by the death of George Floyd, African-American of 46 years, during his arrest by a police officer. # Blacklifematters #manifestation pic.twitter.com/i87zGNOn2N
All over. A call to stop all activity for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. For its part, the Licra calls everyone, "wherever it is, to cease all activity for 8 minutes and 46 seconds", the period during which Derek Chauvin, charged with murder, maintained his knee on the neck of George Floyd, plated on the ground and complaining of not being able to breathe. "Nothing would be worse than indifference and injustice", wrote its president Mario Stasi in a press release.
Call of the @_LICRA_: against racism, in homage to George Floyd, the LICRA calls everyone to stop all activity during 8'46 "Tuesday June 9 at 6 pm, day of his funeral. Our duties towards Humanity oblige us more than ever to say no to racism and seek justice pic.twitter.com/G58vBod79W
- _LICRA_ (@_LICRA_) June 5, 2020
