⁍ Assa Traoré has been fighting for justice ever since her brother Adama died in the custody of French police on his 24th birthday, four years ago.
⁍ She’s now at the forefront of a new movement to wipe out what activists deem to be systemic racism in policing.

– It’s been four years since 24-year-old Adama Traoré died in the custody of French police, and his sister is still fighting for justice. Traoré’s sister, Assa, tells Business Insider she’s “determined to keep fighting until ‘the end,'” even though no one has yet been convicted in her brother’s death. Traoré was in the custody of French police in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise on July 19, 2016, when he and his brother were stopped for an identity check. Police say Adama ran away because he didn’t have his ID, and officers caught up with him and arrested him. Within hours, he was declared dead. One gendarme initially said three officers jumped on Traoré to pin him down, according to early police reports. The gendarme later denied any of them pinned him down. A dozen court-ordered medical reports found various cardiac diseases were responsible. The Traoré family countered those with an independent autopsy and medical reports pointing to asphyxiation instead. Lawyers for the officers deny police were at fault. Assa Traoré has met with families of those who died at the hands of police, toured struggling French suburbs where most of the population

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/traore-george-floyd-is-our-brother-here-in-france-too-2020-7