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A sister's fight: Assa Traoré, figure in the fight against police violence (Part 2)

2020-07-01T23:29:27.378Z


His fight began after the death of his brother Adama, in July 2016, at the gendarmerie of Persan (Val-d'Oise). June 2, with its committee,


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Summary :

Since 2016, Assa Traoré has been waging a legal battle to demonstrate the responsibility of the police for the death of her brother. At the head of the "Truth for Adama" committee, she regularly mobilizes her relatives and activists in the neighborhoods.

In the wake of the anti-racist demonstrations after the death of George Floyd, the fight of Assa Traoré takes another scale. On June 2, despite the ban on assembly, it brought together tens of thousands of people in Paris against police violence.

Who is Assa Traoré? How has it established itself in the media landscape in France? Response in Source code, in two episodes, with two journalists from the Parisian: Jean-Michel Décugis (Police Justice service) and Maïram Guissé (Île-de-France investigation cell).

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