At least six police officers in Switzerland have been dragged before the court for allegedly killing a man of Nigerian descent, Mike Ben Peter in 2018. It was learned that the court case would open on Monday following the death of Mike Ben Peter from an alleged heart attack after he was pinned, face-down, for several minutes during arrest five years ago. The officers, whose names were held to Swiss privacy laws, would face charges of 'homicide by neglect' in the case of Mike Ben Peter, a 39-year-old Nigerian man before a Lausanne criminal court.
It was learned that the court case would open on Monday following the death of Mike Ben Peter from an alleged heart attack after he was pinned, face-down, for several minutes during arrest five years ago.At least six police officers in Switzerland have been dragged before the court for allegedly killing a man of Nigerian descent, Mike Ben Peter in 2018.
The officers, whose names were held to Swiss privacy laws, would face charges of"homicide by neglect" in the case of Mike Ben Peter, a 39-year-old Nigerian man before a Lausanne criminal court.According to the BBC, the case, which bears some similarities to George Floyd's death in the United States in May 2020, is one of four in which Black people have died following police interventions in Vaud canton since 2016. They have sparked protests and calls for reform.
Last year, a panel of United Nations experts stated that Switzerland had systemic racism problems in a study that expressed severe concerns about"excessive use of force and the expectation of impunity by police" and mentioned this instance. A government-mandated assessment issued since acknowledged the problem was fundamental and that current efforts were insufficient.
The indictment showed that Ben Peter drew the attention of officers during a Lausanne drug patrol after he collected a bag later shown to contain marijuana.
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