Hundreds gather in Paris to honour black man who died in police custody
by Kim Willsher in Paris from on (#6CT50)
Annual rally in memory of Adama Traore went ahead despite being banned in the Val-d'Oise and the French capital
Several hundred protesters gathered in central Paris on Saturday despite an official ban - many wearing T-shirts printed with Justice for Adama", in honour of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man who died in police custody in 2016.
Demonstrations were organised in an estimated 30 other towns and cities, including Marseille, Nantes and Strasbourg, and were described as citizens' marches of grief and anger" following the police shooting of a 17-year-old youth 10 days ago.
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