Six Swiss police officers have appeared in court accused of homicide in the case of a 2018 death of a Black man from a heart attack as he was being arrested.
A courtroom in the Swiss municipality of Renens on Monday heard allegations against six police officers accused of "homicide through negligence."
The case, concerning the death in 2018 of 39-year-old Nigerian Mike Ben Peter, has been compared with that of George Floyd in the United States.
Citing the case last year, UN experts highlighted systemic racism in Switzerland in a report that underlined concerns about "excessive use of force and the expectation of impunity by police."
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