PARIS: Thousands Defy Police Ban To Show Solidarity With U.S. Demonstrators Protesting The Death of George Floyd

Riot police fired tear gas Tuesday as scattered protesters in Paris pelted them with debris and set fires during an unauthorised demonstration against racial injustice and heavy-handed police tactics.

Several thousand people had previously rallied peacefully for two hours at the main Paris courthouse as global outrage over what happened to George Floyd in the United States kindled frustrations across borders and continents. The protesters also paid tribute to Adama Traore, a French black man who died in police custody.

Police had banned the protest because of coronavirus restrictions that had forbidden any gathering of more than 10 people.