A man in the northern Italian city of Bologna died ​while being held to the ground by police trying to arrest him in an incident captured on video that has sparked street protests and which prosecutors are investigating.Abderrahim Fakir, a Moroccan-born entrepreneur who ⁠ran a small removals and cleaning business, died on Sunday after police were called to deal with a man behaving aggressively and damaging a vehicle, Italian media said.Video of the incident filmed by a resident and widely shared online prompted hundreds of ⁠people to protest and drew responses from across ​the ⁠political spectrum, with opposition politicians demanding accountability and the governing coalition defending the officers involved.According to the local daily Il Resto del ⁠Carlino, demonstrators chanted anti-police slogans and knelt with raised fists, adopting a gesture ​associated ⁠with the Black Lives Matter movement ‌that emerged in the United States following the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.The video shows Fakir lying face down on the ground ‌while two officers restrain him. He can be heard ‌repeatedly calling for help and struggling for breath before his movements gradually stop.Bologna prosecutors and Italy’s Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Bologna police said they would give bodycam ⁠video from the officers who intervened to the investigators.According to media reports, officers called emergency services after arriving in the northeastern neighborhood of Pilastro shortly after noon, when temperatures exceeded 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit). Police tried to calm Fakir before using pepper spray and holding him down while trying to handcuff him after he reacted aggressively, according to media reports.“They killed my brother in ‌cold blood. I want justice,” Fakir’s sister Khadija told reporters as ​hundreds of people in Pilastro took to the streets on Sunday, ‌with some demonstrators chanting slogans against the ⁠police.Another protest was due to take place in central Bologna ⁠on Monday, backed by center-left Mayor Matteo Lepore, the CGIL trade union and other left-leaning organizations.The right-wing ‌League, part of ​Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, called for ‌rigorous investigations but said police officers were “doing ​their duty” as they intervened “at the request of exasperated citizens.”