"We do not want a discussion in a tea room of the Elysee, but acts". This Tuesday noon, Assa Traoré held a press conference in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, in the street, in front of a huge fresco made the day before by the artist JR, representing the eye of Adama Traoré, who died in 2016 after his arrest by gendarmes and that of the American George Floyd, who died on May 25 in Minneapolis, suffocated by the knee of a police officer.
Assa Traoré, accompanied by the Truth and Justice for Adama committee and director Ladj Ly, explained the reasons for his refusal to meet with the Minister of Justice. Monday, Nicole Belloubet had indeed offered the Traore family an interview. "If she wants to meet someone, it is the prosecutor, if someone must be summoned it is the gendarmes who caused the death of my brother," said the young woman.
On June 2, at the call of the family of Adama Traoré, around 20,000 people had demonstrated for "truth and justice" in the Traoré case. The Adama committee also requests "that all immobilization techniques be strictly prohibited".
Assa Traoré called for a new rally this Saturday in Paris against racism and police violence. “The mobilization continues on the street, with the French people. If it is necessary every week, we will go out on the street ”.