Thousands gathered in Paris on Tuesday (June 2) over the 2016 death of Adama Traore.

The protests were organized by Assa Traore, whose brother Adama Traore died while being detained by police.

The demonstration had been banned by police citing limits on the size of public gatherings due to the coronavirus epidemic.

The protest later turned violent with police firing tear gas to disperse protesters, who set up burning barricades.

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Paris on Tuesday after around 20,000 people defied a ban to rally over the 2016 death of a black man in police custody, galvanised by US demonstrations against racism and deadly police violence.

The protesters used slogans from the American protest movement to call for justice for Adama Traore, whose death four years ago has been a rallying cause against police brutality in France.
The protest started in the late afternoon outside the court in northern Paris, before projectiles were thrown and the police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, AFP journalists witnessed.

Sporadic clashes broke out near the city’s main ring road, with stones thrown at the police, who responded by firing rubber bullets.

Some protesters burned bins, bicycles and scooters to set up flaming barricades on the streets.