"El Hacen Diarra, 35, encountered police late on Wednesday as he was drinking a coffee outside the migrant dorms where he lived, his older brother Ibrahima said on Sunday. "He had come to France to earn a living, now he's gone forever," he told hundreds of supporters at a memorial, after his sibling died in custody in the night of Wednesday to Thursday."
"The prosecutor's office said officers had approached Diarra after "seeing him roll a cannabis joint". But he refused a body search and they proceeded to arrest him, it said, citing the police's version of events. He "fell to the ground, dragging two police officers down with him on two occasions", it added. "One officer said he used a taser, including on his ankle," it said."
"A video filmed by neighbours, which has been shared on social media, shows a policeman punching what appears to be a man on the ground as another officer stands by and watches. The family has filed a legal complaint, accusing security forces of "intentional violence that led to a death", their lawyer Yassine Bouzrou told AFP on Saturday. "Witnesses saw a pool of blood at the site of the arrest," he said."
El Hacen Diarra, 35, died in police custody after officers approached him while he drank coffee outside migrant dorms. Neighbours filmed a video showing a policeman punching a man on the ground. The family filed a legal complaint accusing security forces of "intentional violence that led to a death" and said witnesses saw a pool of blood at the arrest. The Paris prosecutor's office said officers approached after "seeing him roll a cannabis joint", that he resisted a body search, fell and dragged officers, and that one officer used a taser. He was taken into custody for resisting arrest and alleged forged documents; he later passed out at the station and resuscitation attempts failed.
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