Drug patrol officers kicked Mike Ben Peter and held him down on a street in Lausanne in 2018 for three minutes until they noticed he was unconscious
A court in Switzerland has acquitted six police officers charged in connection with the death of a 39-year-old Nigerian man who had a heart attack while they held him down.
The judges said it was impossible to say whether Mike Ben Peter had died as a result of police action.
When the verdict was announced, there were shouts of "shame" in the courtroom, and protests outside.
The lawyers for Mr Peter's family had argued that police had used disproportionate violence during the arrest.
The protesters say the case has worrying similarities with the murder of George Floyd in the United States in 2020.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Can Mandela’s former negotiator charm Donald Trump?
19 minutes -
UN court backs E Guinea in Gabon dispute over islands in oil-rich waters
31 minutes -
Tanzania president warns ‘meddling’ Kenyan activists
44 minutes -
Nigeria’s fierce political rivals share joke at pope’s inaugural mass
56 minutes -
World-first gonorrhoea vaccine launched by NHS England as infections soar
1 hour -
EU plans €2 fee on small parcels in hit to Shein and Temu
1 hour -
Doubts over whether Brits can use EU e-gates this summer
2 hours -
Trump pressures Republicans to back his ‘big beautiful’ tax bill
2 hours -
Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘buying time’ to stall truce talks
2 hours -
Man who helped smuggle more than 3,000 people into Europe jailed
2 hours -
Jennifer Lopez sued in copyright case for posting photos of herself
2 hours -
US congresswoman charged with assault outside immigration centre
3 hours -
Court orders mental evaluation for extradited Togolese robbery suspect
3 hours -
Police destroy 120 changfang machines at Wassa Gyapa
4 hours -
‘Order from above’ keeps traders on the streets – Dr Oduro Osae
5 hours