“He died because he is black, that’s all”: at the march in memory of Pengo Bossio Wangi, killed by Kévin T. in Trappes

In Aubervilliers, the town hall square is small, wedged between the beautiful Notre-Dame des Vertus church and the town hall. So, this Sunday afternoon, it quickly filled up.

A crowd with serious faces watches the mayor's first words. It is barely 2:06 p.m. - the meeting was at 2 p.m. - when Sofienne Karroumi, elected under the various left banner last March in this large town of Seine-Saint-Denis, arrives at the makeshift platform.

He has difficulty finding these first words. “But your presence already says everything,” he articulates with emotion.

Behind him stand a few elected officials, the local LFI deputy, Bastien Lachaud, and municipal councilors. Pengo Bossio Wangi's family remains in the background.

Yesterday, in Trappes, a town in Yvelines where the 26-year-old young Christian man was killed on Friday by Kévin T., several of its members spoke. They paid tribute to him, promised that they would “let go” of “nothing” until justice was done. This Sunday...