A wave of global protests in the wake of Floyd’s fatal arrest magnified attention on the 2016 death in French police custody of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black man, and renewed controversy over claims of racism and brutality within the force.
France’s police watchdog said it had received almost 1,500 complaints against officers last year half of them for alleged violence.
After a string of protests in recent days, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner announced the chokehold method “will be abandoned”.
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