Overview

• Cédric Chouviat, a 42-year-old delivery driver, died in January 2020 after being tackled to the ground by police during a traffic stop in Paris.
• Judges determined the officers demonstrated 'inappropriate, negligent, and imprudent behavior' that led to Chouviat's asphyxiation.
• Chouviat said 'I'm suffocating' nine times in 13 seconds before losing consciousness; he died two days later in the hospital.
• The case has become a symbol of police violence in France, drawing comparisons to the 2020 death of George Floyd in the United States.
• The family and their lawyers welcomed the trial as a step toward accountability but criticized the involuntary homicide charge, arguing the violence was intentional.