France Joins Worldwide Protests Over George Floyd’s Murder by a White Policeman

Published June 6th, 2020 - 05:46 GMT
Demonstrators, some wearing a protective face mask, raise their fists during a protest in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 5, 2020, in solidarity with protests raging across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died during an arrest on May 25. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
Demonstrators, some wearing a protective face mask, raise their fists during a protest in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 5, 2020, in solidarity with protests raging across the United States over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died during an arrest on May 25. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)
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Protesters show solidarity in Strasbourg against racism, violence over black man’s death in US

Thousands of protesters gathered here Friday night in solidarity against the killing of a black man, George Floyd, in the US at the hands of a white police officer. 

Demonstrators shouted against police brutality and racism and some held signs against discrimination.

Protesters held a minute of silence for Floyd, and demanded justice for Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man who died while pinned to the ground by three French police officers in 2016.


Many activists wore black dresses to show solidarity with blacks.

Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American, was filmed gasping for air and pleading for breath as Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes.

Floyd was killed by "asphyxiation from sustained pressure," an independent autopsy found Monday.

This article has been adapted from its original source.

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