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French court convicts policemen over 2015 death of Black man

Public anger swelled over racial discrimination following the death of George Floyd after being murdered by police in the United States [File: Jonathan Drake/Reuters]

A French court on Tuesday found three police officers guilty of manslaughter over the death of a Black man in Paris in 2015.

Each was sentenced to a 15-month suspended jail term, a judge said.

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