The mother of the 17-year-old fatally shot by police during a traffic stop this week led a tribute march in memory of her son in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, amid growing tensions between working class neighborhoods and police in France
The 17-year-old who died on Tuesday has been identified only as Nahel. His mother is Algerian and father Moroccan, according to an acquaintance of the family. He was known to police for previous incidents in which he failed to comply with traffic stops, the local prosecutor Pascal Prache said.
An officer has acknowledged firing a lethal shot, the prosecutor said, telling investigators he wanted to prevent another chase, fearing he or another person would be hurt.Prache said police spotted a Mercedes driving in a bus lane at 7:55 a.m. in the district of Nanterre on the western outskirts of Paris.
Even though the police officer involved is under investigation for voluntary homicide and President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the shooting,has spilled onto streets across France. Police made 180 arrests during a second night of unrest into Thursday. Some 40,000 officers were deployed to curb the trouble, 5,000 in the Paris region.
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