Paris police fire tear gas in crowds protesting death of black Frenchman Adama Traore

Riot police fired tear gas as scattered protesters pelted them with debris and set fires outside the Tribunal de Paris courthouse, at the tail-end of a demonstration against racial injustice and heavy-handed police tactics. Several thousand people had previously rallied peacefully for two hours outside the courthouse as global outrage over the death of George Floyd in the Minnesota kindled frustrations across borders and continents. The protest was planned by supporters of Adama Traore, a 24-year-old black