Chouviat's arrest, also captured on video, would, like Floyd's, become the focus of a wider campaign against police brutality. And as in the Floyd case, action against the officers would seem painfully slow in coming. What the two cases have highlighted is the difficulty that families of victims face in getting allegations of police brutality properly and swiftly investigated. In Chouviat's case, the allegations center on the use of the chokehold. Non-White French people say they are subjected to identity checks far more than White people.

Source: CNN July 17, 2020 11:48 UTC