Paris crowds gather to protest against racism, police violence

Phenomenal Published June 20, 2020

Last updated: 2020/06/20 at 4:31 PM

Paris crowds gather to protest against racism, police violence

Protesters demonstrate in front of Paris courthouse against police violence on June 2, 2020. - Some 20,000 people defied a ban in Paris on Tuesday to protest the 2016 death of a young black man in French police custody, some clashing with police and using slogans like those used in the demonstrations raging in the US. In the US several cities have deployed the guard in the face of angry protests against police brutality following the killing of the unarmed black man George Floyd by police during an arrest in Minneapolis last week. (Photo by Michel RUBINEL / AFP)

Crowds gathered in Paris, on Saturday, to protest against racism and allegations of police violence against members of the Black community and ethnic minorities.

Hundreds of demonstrators started to congregate in the capital’s Place de la Republique.

One carried a placard with the message “Justice For Ibo”, referring to the 2019 death of Ibrahima Bah, a Black Frenchman, in a police operation.

Protests have been taking place around the world against racism and police brutality following the death in the United States last month of Black American George Floyd.