George Floyd's protests spread to the world - police in Paris resorted to tear gas

Sparks of George Floyd's death sparked outside the United States on Tuesday .

Thousands of people, both in the United States, and around the world, have protested against racial injustice .

In Paris, the police, dressed in riot gear resorted to tear gas to keep protesters in check .

French protesters knelt down and raised their fists in the air, while firefighters struggled to put out several fires . Originally started as a peaceful demonstration erupted in a situation in which, inter alia, electric scooters and construction — fences set on fire .

Thousands of people defied the restrictions imposed to alleviate the coronavirus epidemic in honor of Floyd as well as Adama Traore , a French dark-skinned man who died soon after police arrest .

Traore died in 2016 and became a symbol of police violence in France . The cause of his death is still controversial .

According to the Traorea family, he died of suffocation due to the means used by the police . Like Floyd, Traorea’s last words are said to be “I can’t breathe.”

— Now it happened in the United States, but this is also happening in France, this is happening everywhere, Paris protester Xavier Dintim told the Associated Press . Dintim says police violence against dark-skinned people look the worst in the United States, but he believes all dark-skinned people face it to some degree .

While dispersing the crowd in Paris, the police, fired several sets of tear gas to which protesters responded by throwing police waste .

The city of Marseille is also said to have had a large-scale demonstration .

“I can not breath”

In Australia's largest city, some 3,000 people marched calmly, shouting together “I can't breathe”

The last words of 26 — year-old Aboriginal man David Dungay are said to be the same as those of Floyd and Traorea — “ I can’t breathe . “

Dungay died in 2015 in an Australian prison while five guards tried to restrain him .

In a demonstration in Sydney, the several, said that events in the United States had inspired them to seek redress for the treatment of Indigenous peoples in Australia .

— I'm here to people as well as around the world fallen brothers and sisters, on behalf of. What is happening in America reflects the situation here, said Aboriginal Amanda Hill, who took part in the protest.

Thousands of protesters also gathered in The Dutch capital, the Hague, and hundreds are said to have gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The march in Finland is scheduled for Wednesday. The protesters gather in front of the Helsinki Cathedral.