2023-07-09 22:12:00
Youssef Traoré was arrested on Saturday on the sidelines of a banned demonstration attended by 2,000 people to commemorate his brother Adama, who died shortly after his arrest in July 2016 in the Paris region.
Posted on: July 10, 2023: 02:12 AM GST Last updated: July 10, 2023: 07:05 AM GST
The violent arrest in Paris of the brother of a young black man whose death in 2016 was considered an expression of police violence in France sparked outrage on Sunday and calls for demonstrations in a country that had just witnessed a wave of riots in cities.
The video clip, which was filmed by witnesses, showed his arrest, while he was resisting the two policemen before they put him on the ground. Youssef Traoré, who was injured in the eye, was taken to hospital.
According to what was quoted by the agency, “Agence France Presse,” an informed source, Traore “hit” a police commissioner at the beginning of the prohibited assembly.
These images drew condemnation from the French left. “So disgraceful. There was no reason for it. Everything was going well,” Sandrine Russo, a Greens lawmaker, wrote on Twitter. “It’s further oppression for the Traoré family,” wrote Eric Coquerel of the “France the Father” party.
Youssef Traoré (29 years old), who was discharged from the hospital, with his right eye swollen and a torn shirt, appeared in a video clip posted on Twitter on Sunday by the “Truth to Adama” account, which confirmed that he “had a broken nose and bruises on the head with bruises in the eye, chest and abdomen.”
About fifty people gathered over two hours Sunday in front of a police station in Paris to demand the release of another man who was arrested on Saturday during the banned demonstration.
And launched a new call for a “wide demonstration” against police violence on July 15 in Paris.
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