Le parquet de Pontoise avait alors fait appel. “There is an extension of police violence that increasingly touches everyone,” says Rigouste. Over 20,000 people joined the march in North-East Paris according to the police, while organizers put the number at 40,000. (They say one officer had assured them he was fine, and another told them Traoré was in the hospital.) The Pontoise City Prosecutor's Office launched an immediate appeal against the ruling in a bid to try Baguit for the assassination attempt. Nous avons extrêmement hâte de nous défendre », a-t-il ajouté. All Rights Reserved. sont chargés de l'enquête sur les conditions de son décès. When his mother and brothers became emotional, they say police used teargas to disperse them. “What counts for me is that a lot of people who used to not come out, now are. In 2015, Remi Fraisse, a 21-year-old white environmental activist, was killed by a grenade thrown by the National Gendarmerie while protesting the construction of a dam. But he added that he did not want to “harm the credibility and dignity” of officers. In one video, police officers painfully hold Sofiane Naoufel El Allaki, a 21-year-old Amazon worker, on the ground for having forgotten his mandatory lockdown release form. According to a report by the independent authority in charge of human rights in France, young Arab and black men are 20 times more likely to be stopped than their white counterparts. Christophe Castaner, the French Minister of the Interior took to Twitter, calling Jordana’s words “untruthful and shameful” and a police union filed a complaint against the singer. Assa Traore (C), the elder sister of late Adama Traore, who died during his arrest by the police in July 2016, wearing a tee-shirt reading 'Justice for Adama, without justice, you won't have peace' delivers a speech during a commemorative march on July 22, 2017 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, northeast of Paris. Bagui Traoré doit être jugé au côté de cinq autres personnes, mais l'arrêt de la chambre de l'instruction n'est pas définitif. The city council session was finally canceled for “security reasons”. On 19 July 2016, his 24th birthday, Adama Traoré was out with his older brother Bagui in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise.Police approached the two, as they were seeking Bagui who was accused of extorsion with violence. », Profitez des avantages de l’offre numérique. “They are constructed around this.”. Police brutality became an even bigger topic of discussion when artist Camelia Jordana said black and Arab people are being “massacred” by police officers during lockdown on a TV show on May 23. The case has since been referred to thecourt of appeal of Versailles, which will hear the case along with the testimonies of five other suspects. In 2015, the officers—Sebastien Gaillemin and Stephanie Klein—were cleared of charges. The U.K. May Be About to Try, You can unsubscribe at any time. France’s emergency medical services declared Traoré dead by 7 p.m. Traoré was out celebrating his 24th birthday with his older brother Bagui in Beaumont-sur-Oise, a town north of Paris, when both men were stopped by two undercover police officers. On Tuesday, June 2, an independent autopsy ordered by the family concluded that Traoré’s death was caused by arrest techniques. A third boy, Muhittin Altun, survived but suffered major burns. When the three police officers entered the apartment, they say they jumped on Traoré. 0:56. Il y a trois ans, le décès dans une cour de gendarmerie d'Adama Traoré, un jeune homme de 24 ans, avait généré cinq nuits d'affrontements dans le Val-d'Oise. Deux restent incarcérés. Suspicions grew when authorities allegedly offered to send the body to Mali for a burial and to provide passports to relatives that did not have one. That same month, French President Emmanuel Macron said that he expects “the greatest ethics from our police officers and gendarmes,” after asking the government to develop a proposal for how to improve the code of ethics for officers. Here’s more on the current protests and the history of police brutality in France. Baguit was brought to trial in 2017 on charges of attempted murder against an officer, but was eventually only convicted of committing an intentional violent crime. Following his brother's death in 2016, Bagui tried to kill several police officers during the anti-racist riots in Val-d'Oise. La Vérité pour Adama 11,203 views. Amidst the clashes between protesters and police, 13 officers and gendarmes were injured. The demonstrations go beyond solidarity with American protesters, who have been gathering since George Floyd was killed on May 25. Police brutality in France has been called out by both national and international human right organizations. People who did not speak up before, now speak out.”, The protests follow a series of violent incidents by police officers enforcing lockdown measures. The family asked for a second autopsy, which found that asphyxiation was the direct cause of death. “It is in these forms of resistance that there is hope,” Rigouste says. Quatre des frères Traoré ont été interpellés depuis la mort d'Adama. They were looking for the older of the two, Bagui Traoré, in connection with an extortion case, but asked his younger brother, Adama, to hand them his ID too. Bagui Traore, brother of the symbol of the French BLM movement, Adama Traore, is facing court proceedings again. The incident set off demonstrations across France, with protestors drawing attention to police brutality and inequality for people living in poorer suburbs. It lasted three weeks. “What is happening in the United States has today brought to light what is happening in France,” Assa, Traoré’s sister, said to protesters. Witnesses said Traoré did not resist the arrest.