Defender of rights Jacques Toubon will "seize of office and open an investigation" into the circumstances of the death of Cédric Chouviat, this delivery man who died on Sunday after being arrested by police in Paris.
"An investigation will be opened. We will look at the circumstances of the intervention and whether the rules of ethics have been respected, "said the spokeswoman for this independent administrative authority, confirming information from RTL.
Cédric Chouviat, 42, died in hospital, almost 48 hours after suffering from a heart attack during a tense check near the Eiffel Tower, during which the police tackled him on the ground, helmet on the head.
According to the first elements of the autopsy, he was the victim of asphyxia "with a fractured larynx". The Paris public prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation for "manslaughter.
VIDEO. Death of Cédric Chouviat: images of his arrest
Thursday, the police lawyer, Thibault de Montbrial, delivered their version and indicated that "according to the elements transmitted by the police themselves, it does not seem to me that the proportionality of the force that the police is entitled to use has been exceeded ”.