The expertise established for the investigation file is clear on the role of the techniques used to arrest the delivery person. According to the authors, the movement of the “forearm under the chin” of the delivery man caused “a mechanical crushing of the trachea” and the “carotid artery”, while a policeman could also have pulled on the jugular of the helmet by trying to control Cédric Chouviat, which “could be at the origin of the fractures” observed in the neck. Contrary to a first expertise rendered in August 2020, this new report dismisses the role played by the “previous cardiovascular state” of the father of the family.

A judicial investigation had been opened for manslaughter by the Paris prosecutor's office. After being placed in police custody, three of the four police officers who participated in the check were indicted for manslaughter in July 2020. A fourth police officer was placed under the status of assisted witness. 

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