PARIS – Protesters are gearing up to stage a protest in Paris against racism and police violence and in memory of Lamine Dieng, a 25-year-old Franco-Senegalese who died in a police van after being arrested in 2007.
The protesters will march from his former home, and will be joined Saturday by a separate demonstration in support of undocumented workers.Last week, it emerged that the French government agreed to pay 145,000 euros ($162,000) to Dieng's relatives, after 13 years of legal wrangling.Both protests have been authorized by French authorities, who have been exercising caution over protests in recent weeks as the country emerges from coronavirus restrictions.