French policemen go on trial over 2020 beating of Black music producer

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Three French policemen went on trial on Monday, November 9, over the beating of a Black music producer they say was not wearing a face mask during the Covid pandemic, in a rare police brutality case to go to court. The assault on Michel Zecler, now 47, triggered renewed outrage…