Hundreds defy Paris protest ban a week after riots

FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a car, burnt during nights of unrest following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, at Saint-Eloy neighbourhood in Woippy, suburb of the French city of Metz, France, July 5, 2023. REUTERS/Horaci Garcia/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of protesters defied a ban on Saturday to march in central Paris against police violence, a week after riots sparked by the killing of a teenager in a Parisian suburb.

Police dispersed the crowd from Paris's huge Place de la Republique, sending several hundred people towards the wide Boulevard Magenta, where they were seen marching peacefully.