A white march is organized at 2 p.m., this Thursday, June 29, 2023, in tribute to Nahel, killed by police fire. The mother of the victim makes an appointment in front of the Nanterre prefecture after a night marked by intense violence.
It’s time for tribute the day after the death of Nahel M. A white march is organized this Thursday, June 29, 2023 to honor the memory of the 17-year-old teenager killed by police fire during a traffic check in Nanterre. The meeting is given at 2 p.m. on avenue Pablo-Picasso in Nanterre to head towards the Prefecture of Hauts-de-Seine.
For Mounia, Nahel’s mother, this white march must also be the way to express “a revolt for my son”. In a video posted on the social network tik tok, the bereaved mother calls for a large gathering and assures “we will all be there”. If it is at his call that the white march is organized, the Nanterre town hall joined the event and the communist councilor Patrick Jarry intends to participate in the march which must be a “peaceful demonstration”.
A call for calm after the death of Nahel
The death of Nahel aroused great emotion which suggests that many demonstrators will be at the white march in Nanterre. But can the tribute take place peacefully? The emotion of some, in particular anger, was expressed in violent clashes in Nanterre, but more widely in Ile-de-France these last two nights. An anger that the mayor of Nanterre said he understood from the World after the first evening of riots: “In these neighborhoods, there is a shared feeling that justice is not the same for everyone. […] It is all this that feeds this frustration which was expressed during the night”. But in a press release published on the morning of June 29, the city councilor called “for calm after a night of unacceptable damage”. destructive spiral. […] Yes, with his family and friends, we want justice for Nahel, we will get it through our peaceful mobilization, with his lawyers in court and with all those who have justice at heart”, he added in his statement.
For their part, the inhabitants of the district of Nanterre where Nahel lived believe that these demonstrations and these nocturnal clashes are a way of honoring the deceased teenager. “The white march is for the darons. We, our tribute, is against the police. It’s our way of existing when everything has been taken away from us”, launches a young man to Mediapart.