Death of Adama Traoré

For other people named Adama Traoré, see Adama Traoré.

Adama Traoré
Born(1992-07-19)19 July 1992
Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
Died19 July 2016(2016-07-19) (aged 24)
Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France
Cause of deathContested, heart failure or asphyxiation from sustained pressure
Known forAlleged victim of police brutality

Adama Traoré (French pronunciation: [adama tʁaɔʁe]; 19 July 1992 – 19 July 2016)[1] was a black French[2] man who died in custody after being restrained and apprehended by police.[1] His death triggered riots and protests against police brutality in France, with new resurgence and resonance since the murder of George Floyd in the United States that some perceived as being under similar circumstances in 2020.

Of Malian descent, Traoré was born in Val-d'Oise.

Arrest and death

On 19 July 2016, Adama Traoré's 24th birthday, Traoré was out with his older brother Bagui in the Paris suburb of Beaumont-sur-Oise. Police approached the pair, seeking to arrest Bagui for extortion with violence against a disabled woman.[3][4] The officers requested to check their IDs, but Adama did not have his and fled. He was caught by officers, but fled again and was caught a second time. The officers locked a handcuff around one of his wrists, but Adama was having hard time catching his breath and requested a few minutes to rest, which they granted to him.[5] At that point, one of the arresting officers was attacked and knocked to the ground by an unknown third party who fled the scene, allowing Traoré to escape again to hide in a nearby house.[6][7] Three officers of the National Gendarmerie found him hiding under a sheet without the handcuffs and pinned him down to arrest him.[3][6]

Following his arrest, Traoré stood up on his own but officers claim he seemed to be in some physical distress.[8] He was taken to a police vehicle and then to the nearby police station, a journey that took 3–4 minutes. On arrival at the station, the officers noticed Traoré had urinated on himself and was unconscious but they stated that he was still breathing.[8] The officers placed Traoré on the ground and called the emergency services.[9] At that moment, Bagui, who had been handled by other officers, arrived at the station and upon seeing his brother on the ground he shouted: "Be careful with my brother, he has a health condition!".[10] When fire service paramedics arrived and saw Traoré was no longer breathing, they called an emergency medical team from the SAMU who tried to resuscitate him. After an hour, Traoré was declared dead at the scene.[3] After his death Traoré was found to have been in possession of €1,330 in cash and a bag of cannabis.[11]

Traoré had previously been convicted of various offenses – including rebellion and violence against the police, extortion, drug related offenses, and stealing – and had been incarcerated twice. He had been released from prison in May 2016, two months before his death.[10] He has also been alleged to have repeatedly raped his cellmate while incarcerated, whom the French penal authority subsequently compensated.[12]

Post-mortem reports

A total of four autopsy reports were issued for Traoré.[13] Initially, experts failed to agree whether the cause of death was suffocation after the police pinned him to the ground, or other underlying medical conditions (such as sickle cell disease) or hyperthermia caused by the chase in a heat wave. Others suggested the possibility of presence of drugs in his body contributing to his death, but an initial toxicology report on his vomit was negative for marijuana and alcohol.[7] An additional toxicology report showed a high concentration of THC in his system, demonstrating that he had consumed cannabis at most up to 12 hours, and likely within two to three hours, before his death.[14] A French legal report in 2020 also maintained there was THC in his blood.[13] The official medical report eventually listed heart failure as cause of death.[15] A second autopsy commissioned by the Traoré family, however, listed asphyxiation from sustained pressure as the cause of death.[7] Two hours after his death, his body temperature was measured at 39.2°C (102.6°F) which the arresting officers' defense attorneys claim to be proof of hyperthermia.[16]

Aftermath

A lawyer specialized in police violence suggested that state medical examiners will tend to try to protect the system and lack independence.[6] A subsequent internal police investigation exonerated the officers.[17] In interviews Traoré's sister has stated that she believes that his death was the direct result of excessive use of force by the police whereas the two autopsies and four medical reports ordered by the magistrates conclude that the police officers were not responsible for his death.[18][19] On July 10, 2020, the magistrates in charge of investigating the death of Traoré ordered a new medical report but this time to be carried out by doctors in Belgium.[20]

His death sparked major protests in Paris, Lyon, and Toulouse under the slogan Justice pour Adama (Justice for Adama). The protests styled themselves after the American Black Lives Matter movement, and similarly focused on the grievance voiced that Black and Arab communities in France suffer disproportionately at the hands of the police.[21][2]

Legacy

On 2 June 2020 in Paris

Traoré became a major symbol for anti-police brutality activists. His older sister, Assa Traoré, became an anti-racism activist as a result of his death.[19][7] Assa herself was sued for defamation by three police officers she accused of obstructing justice, with the trial commencing in May 2021.[22]

On 29 May 2020, French legal authorities released a final report clearing the three officers involved of wrongdoing and triggering renewed protests.[13] Protesters also expressed solidarity with the George Floyd protests, which erupted in the United States and elsewhere in late May. Demonstrations in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, and Lille honoured both Floyd and Traoré.[17] On 2 June, over 20,000 protesters marched again in Paris, along with 2,500 in Lille, 1,800 in Marseille, and 1,200 in Lyon.[9]

A memorial rally originally planned for Saturday, 8 July 2023 in Beaumont-sur-Oise was banned by a court ruling fearful of a return of the urban violence that had shaken France in the preceding week. An unauthorized march took place in Paris the same day and was broken up by the BRAV-M, an Île-de-France rapid reaction squad. An IGPN administrative inquiry has been opened into the circumstances surrounding the violence of the arrest of Yssoufou Traoré (Adama's brother), during which three journalists were also injured. The initial charges against Traoré were dropped shortly after he was transferred to the hospital on Saturday evening.[23]

References

  1. ^ a b Truong, Fabien (2018). Radicalized Loyalties: Becoming Muslim in the West. John Wiley & Sons. p. 80. ISBN 9781509519361. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Zahir, Nabeela (2 September 2016). "In France, Black Lives Matter has become a rallying cry". al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Halissat, Ismaël; Quentel, Amélie (1 August 2016). "Mort d'Adama Traoré : la vérité étouffée". Libération.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Un frère d'Adama Traoré condamné à 3 ans et demi de prison ferme pour racket et violences". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 26 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Le 19 juillet 2016, de 17h15 à 19h05: les dernières heures d'Adama Traoré". Le Figaro.fr (in French). 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Okello, Christina (3 June 2020). "French police brutality in the spotlight as Adama Traoré death surfaces again". RFI. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d Amrani, Iman; Chrisafis, Angelique (17 February 2017). "Adama Traoré's death in police custody casts long shadow over French society". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  8. ^ a b Halissat, Ismaël; Quentel, Amélie (1 August 2016). "Mort d'Adama Traoré : la vérité étouffée". Libération.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Who is Adama Traore and why are there protests across France in his name?". The Local France. AFP. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ^ a b Raguenel, Louis de (5 June 2020). "Les mensonges de l'affaire Adama Traoré : contre-enquête sur une instrumentalisation". Valeurs actuelles (in French). Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Affaire Adama Traoré : ce qu'a dit le témoin-clé devant les juges d'instruction, quatre ans après sa première audition". Le Monde.fr (in French). 3 July 2020. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  12. ^ "L'homme qui accuse Adama Traoré de viol a été indemnisé". Le Figaro.fr (in French). 22 July 2020. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  13. ^ a b c Cole, Brendan (3 June 2020). "Paris Protests Erupt over Adama Traoré, Young Black Man Who Died like 'Our Brother' George Floyd in Police Custody". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Mort d'Adama Traoré: une autre expertise affirme qu'il avait fumé du cannabis". LExpress.fr (in French). 11 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Who is Adama Traore and why are there protests across France in his name?". www.thelocal.fr. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Mort d'Adama Traoré: avant une nouvelle expertise, deux thèses qui s'affrontent". La Croix (in French). 30 January 2020. ISSN 0242-6056. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  17. ^ a b "Adama Traoré: French anti-racism protests defy police ban". BBC News. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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  19. ^ a b Konan, Aude (5 May 2020). "In Conversation: France's 'Black Lives Matter' Leader Assa Traoré is Still Fighting for Her Brother, Adama". OkayAfrica. Archived from the original on 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  20. ^ le 10/07/2020 | 13:58, Par franceinfo-Radio France Mis à jour le 10/07/2020 | 16:10 – publié (10 July 2020). "Affaire Traoré : les juges d'instruction ordonnent une nouvelle expertise médicale, confiée à des médecins belges". Franceinfo (in French). Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  22. ^ "A Woman Protested Her Brother's Death In France — Now Police Are Suing For Defamation". NPR. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
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