PARIS (AP) — The mother of a French teenager whose killing by police sparked more than a week of nationwide unrest has called on her supporters to stage a new protest this weekend after the officer was released from custody.

In June, a police officer shot and killed Nahel M., a 17-year-old Frenchman of North African descent, during a traffic stop in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. A video shared on social media showed he had been killed at close range.

The killings and the riots that followed raised uncomfortable questions about police brutality, living conditions and the integration of the extremely diverse population of France’s poor suburbs.

Nahel’s mother Mounia called for protests in Nanterre on Sunday afternoon after French authorities released the police officer accused of her son’s murder from custody on Wednesday.

“I will fight, I will not give up for my son,” she said in the video posted late Thursday, fighting back tears.

The 38-year-old official, who is only named Florian M., remains under judicial supervision and his freedom of movement is restricted.

Nahel’s mother called his release a “real injustice.”

“How can my son’s life mean so little to this justice system?” the woman who raised her son alone said in the video.

‘RELIEVED’

Investigating judges ordered the officer’s release, citing a reduced threat to public order and a “concerted action” among police officers, according to a copy of the court’s reasoning seen by AFP on Friday.

The judges also pointed out “inconsistencies” between different versions of the event. They said the public order problem remained, but was now “less serious”.

Five months after the killing, “pretrial detention no longer appears to be the only means of ensuring the protection of the defendant,” the judges said.

“It was time for him to get out,” said the police officer’s lawyer, Laurent-Franck Lienard, calling his arrest a “political detention.”

He said his client was “relieved” and reunited with his family, Lienard told AFP.

Nahel’s family’s lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, declined to comment.

The judges said the investigation was “progressing”.

The officer is prohibited from speaking to witnesses or complainants, approaching the crime scene and carrying a weapon.

Nahel was killed while escaping from police who tried to stop him for an alleged traffic violation.

A video authenticated by AFP showed two police officers standing next to the stationary car, one of whom pointed a gun at the driver.

A voice can be heard saying, “You’re going to get a bullet in the head.”

Nahel grew up on an estate called Pablo Picasso in Nanterre, a Paris suburb where many immigrants live. He had no previous convictions.