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Anger mounts in Italy after Moroccan man dies under police restraint while pleading for help

The incident has been likened to George Floyd's murder in the United States six years ago, and also prompted comparisons with tactics used by the US's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Donald Trump.

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00:01Human rights campaigners, protesters and Italian politicians expressed outrage after a man died while under police restraint as he pleaded
00:09for help in Bologna.
00:11Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old from Morocco who moved to Italy when he was five, died on Sunday while
00:17being forcibly held down by two police officers.
00:21The incident triggered a protest in Bologna on Monday. The Italian justice minister rejects the idea that there is any
00:28ICE-style model in Italy.
00:30The Italian justice minister, a 42-year-old from Morocco who moved to Italy when he was five, died on
00:31Sunday, died on Sunday, died on Sunday, died on Sunday.

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