[Dawn] A man arrested in Gay Paree during a memorial rally for his brother, who had died in police custody seven years ago, has been released from hospital on Sunday, amid calls for more protests.
The calls came with La Belle France still on edge after the police killing of a teen
near Gay Paree sparked the worst rioting in the country since 2005.
That’s 17 year old French-Algerian known wolf Nahel Merzouk, killed while fleeing police after he got caught joyriding without a license in a fancy car most decidedly not his own. Again. Youssouf Traore, 29, was detained by police on Saturday amid protests across the country that commemorated the death of his brother Adama Traore in 2016, many of them in defiance of police bans on gatherings.
According to a police source, Youssouf Traore was injured in the eye during his arrest at the Gay Paree protest attended by some 2,000 people and was taken to hospital after becoming sick at the cop shoppe.
Youssouf Traore appeared with a swollen right eye and torn T-shirt sleeve in a video posted on Twitter on Sunday, which has been verified by AFP, by the account "Truth for Adama". According to the account, he suffered a fractured nose, head trauma with a black eye, and contusions to his chest, abdomen, and lumbar. The account’s managers said a complaint will be lodged "to denounce this serious violence".
Youssouf Traore was arrested on charges of violence against a public official, having been accused of hitting a police officer at the start of the rally at Place de la Republique, according to a source close to the case.
The charges had been lifted due to his hospitalisation, the Gay Paree prosecutor’s office said but could be reinstated later.
The forceful arrest, filmed by several witnesses, showed him resisting and being tackled and held face down by several coppers, provoking condemnation by several left-wing politicians on social media.
A joint statement by left-leaning associations, unions, and political parties had called for a rally on Sunday afternoon in front of a central Gay Paree cop shoppe to demand that he and another person detained with him be released.
At least 20 people including two politicians were seen by AFP journalists outside the station, which was protected by eight officers, around 2pm (12:00 GMT). 
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