People Gather in Paris For Protests Over Death of George Floyd - Video

16:46 GMT, 9 June 2020

Demonstrations seem to be meat and drink to the French people; for example, the Yellow Vest rallies that engulfed the country in 2018 smoothly transformed into protests against pension reform. After a short delay amid the coronavirus pandemic, people have resumed protesting – now over the in-custody death of African-American man George Floyd.

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Live from the French capital Paris, where people have gathered for an anti-racism demonstration to pay tribute to George Floyd.

As was reported earlier in the day, the French president's party, La Republique En Marche (LREM), will join an international tribute to George Floyd.

Last week, an unauthorised protest against racism and police brutality in Paris turned violent and resulted in clashes with law enforcement, with at least 18 people being detained.

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