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June 3, 2020

Thousands Protest Racial Violence, Police Brutality in France
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Thousands of people in cities across France defied coronavirus
restrictions against mass gatherings and took to the streets Tuesday for
antiracist protests. In Paris, 20,000 people gathered peacefully
demanding an end to police brutality, and paying homage to Adama Traoré,
a Black man who died in police custody in 2016 after he was pinned down
by an officer. Late in the day police fired volleys of tear gas
canisters into the crowds to clear the protests.


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