Six Swiss police officers on Monday appeared in court over the death of a Nigerian man who had a fatal heart attack after he was pinned down during an arrest in 2018.
According to the Independent UK, the white officers were accused of “homicide through negligence” in relation to the death of the 39-year-old Nigerian man, Mike Ben Peter, in Lausanne in 2018.Ben Peter’s death triggered protests by activists who have accused the Swiss police of institutional racism – charges the force denied.
According to the indictment, the officers first noticed Peter during a drug patrol after he collected a bag later shown to contain marijuana, adding that Peter did not comply with police requests and the officers used pepper spray and knee kicks to the ribs and groping to get him on the ground and handcuff him.
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