A delivery driver in Paris who died after a traffic stop in January was heard shouting “I’m suffocating” in footage seen by French media.
Cédric Chouviat, a 42-year-old father-of-five, reportedly said he couldn’t breathe seven times in 22 seconds as the officers appeared to pin him down.
Four police officers have now been questioned over his death in January.
He died in hospital two days after the arrest. A coroner later ruled he’d died of asphyxia and a broken larynx.
The officers have previously said they stopped Mr Chouviat for looking at his phone while riding his scooter, and for having a dirty licence plate, French newspaper Le Monde reported.
Investigators will now decide whether the four officers should be charged over the death.
None of the police officers involved in the case have been suspended. Their lawyer Thibault de Montbrial has declined to comment on the latest reports, AFP news agency reported.
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