Three police officers will face trial for manslaughter in the death of a delivery driver who repeatedly said 'I'm suffocating' during his arrest in Paris in 2020. The case has drawn parallels to the death of George Floyd in the US.
Three police officers will be tried in Paris for the manslaughter of a delivery driver who repeatedly said 'I'm suffocating' during his arrest in January 2020. At least two of the cops have already lodged appeals to that decision. The death of 42-year-old Cedric Chouviat after being tackled to the ground by a policeman has drawn comparisons to the May 2020 death in the US of George Floyd, who was suffocated while being knelt on by a white police officer during his arrest.
Investigating magistrates found the officers had shown 'inappropriate, negligent and imprudent behaviour' during Chouviat's arrest, in a document first revealed by investigative website Mediapart. A fourth, female police officer present at the scene will not face trial. Chouviat, who was of North African descent, was tackled to the ground while wearing his motorbike helmet during the arrest near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 3, 2020. He was brought to hospital in critical condition after losing consciousness but died on January 5 of asphyxiation caused by a fractured larynx. Six months later, details from an investigation showed that the father-of-five had said 'I'm suffocating' nine times in the space of 13 seconds before losing consciousness. Chouviat shouted 'I'm suffocating' seven times before passing out. He died of asphyxiation caused by a broken larynx The revelations turned the case into a symbol of police violence in France, increasingly under the spotlight in recent years due to a number of high-profile shootings during traffic stops and injuries during demonstration
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