The article below is a follow-up on the July 2016 story of Adama Traoré, whose death sparked another round of BLM-like protests in France. Once he was conveniently dead, Mr. Traoré became a cause célèbre among French Muslims and their useful idiot allies on the Left.

Contrary to the reigning narrative, however, Adama Traoré was hardly a poor innocent immigrant boy who got done in by the po-po. Quite the opposite: He had a rap sheet a mile long, as did many of his close relatives. Not only that, he had a serious medical condition, and there is no evidence that the gendarmes ever used violence against him.

But that’s not what the mainstream media in France want you to believe.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for translating this article from Valeurs Actuelles:

Exclusive: The other truth about the case of Adam Traoré by Louis de Raguenel

January 12, 2017 Investigation. Presented as a police botch by the far left, the death of Adama Traoré after his arrest by the gendarmes on July 19, 2016, set fire to Persan and Beaumont-sur-Oise (Val d’Oise) . We conducted a three-week investigation. Our revelations call into question the Traoré family’s version of events. An inhabitant of Beaumont-sur-Oise who knows the case still cannot believe it. On January 5, while watching the Gros Journal on Canal Plus, presented by Mouloud Achour, the latter went to his city and gave the floor to Assa and Youssouf Traoré, Adama’s sister and brother. The presenter does not hide his bias against the gendarmes: “All our struggles are crystallized in this story and in the battle of Assa Traoré. He concluded the show by offering a gift to the young woman: “I entrust you with a weapon. It’s this camera. I propose that you become an official reporter for the Gros Journal.” The symbol is just as strong as the one offered by Mediapart a few days earlier. The version of Traoré relayed in all the media The site run by Edwy Plenel asked Assa Traoré to present his “presidential wishes” to the Internet users of the online newspaper in a video. Referring to his brother, his accusations are grave: “He surrendered his soul on the premises of the gendarmerie of Persan. These gendarmes did not help him to live, but helped him to die.” She continues more seriously, evoking the “physical violence of state” and quotes Sivens or Notre-Dame-des-Landes which “saw the blood of the demonstrators, with flash-bang grenades…” If the young woman expresses her legitimate suffering for her dead little brother, a detail makes you wonder: she takes advantage of every intervention to embark on a much more political speech. Since the death of Adama Traoré, the version from his family and the association Truth for Adama has been relayed with force in all the media. With a great deal of publicity, organized by their lawyer Me. Yassine Bouzrou, a small innuendo begins to emerge: “Adama has been the victim of police violence.” Some even speak of a “crime”! Noting that the prosecutor — who was transferred during the case — communicated clumsily and insufficiently, “to avoid accusing the gendarmes”, according to a vexed soldier whom we met, Bouzrou snaps and imposes his truth. “Everyone here is afraid of the Traoré brothers” The lawyer, who specializes in these sensitive cases, has already defended the case of Abou Bakari Tandia, who died following police custody in 2004. With talent, he organizes a campaign for the good reputation of the Traoré family. It is thanks to him that the Gros Journal is interested in the case, and that Youssouf, Adama’s brother, appears on the program after his release from prison — he was convicted with his brother for violence and outrages against police officers and gendarmes who protected a municipal council in Beaumont-sur-Oise. Youssouf laments: “I lost my job […] All my projects went up in smoke. I went to jail for no reason […] I have never dealt with the justice system before. I am a good person […]” When investigating, one element is surprising: whenever questions are asked about the Traoré family, the inhabitants of Beaumont refuse to express themselves. “The truth is that everyone here is afraid of the Traoré brothers,” one of them said. “They are bosses, a clan, it’s Bagui — the head of the network,” confided another one, who makes us swear not to repeat his name.