Assa Traore

Adama Traoré was a black French man who died in Paris police custody on Jul-19-2016 after being restrained and apprehended by police. His death triggered riots and protests against Police Brutality in France. The murder of George Floyd on May-25-2020 in the United States, occurred under similar circumstance as Adama’s murder in 2016.

Unlike George Floyd, Adama’s murder was not captured on video. Also, initial police account of Adama’s death was revised by the police department. The new version states that police approach Adama and his brother, when the police requested that they produce their ID’s Adama fled. The police were able to apprehend him however he escaped and fed again. According to the revised police report Adama escaped their attempts to apprehend him 3 times. The revised version also states that after the forth apprehension Adama was “pinned and arrested” Adama died from a medical condition brought on by a heat stroke or hyperthermia.

Following the death of her brother, and the exoneration of the officers that killed him, his sister Assa Traoré founded the advocacy group Committee for Justice and Truth for Adama.