The incident took place at a car wash in Zollbrück, Bern back in February when the Swiss man filmed himself watching the African who was washing his jeep.
“Look at the fucking nigger ('Scheiss-Neger'). He’s even singing a bit, the idiot,” the man can be heard saying in the video.
The man then asks if the African actually paid for his jeep of if he did it “like in Africa”.
“This is Africa, hey. This dude has got it really good,” the man says next.
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Police in Bern launched an investigation after the man's video footage of the incident was posted on social media.
The Bern man has now been handed a conditional fine of 2,000 francs for numerous racial insults and for invasion of privacy through use of a recording device, according to court documents seen by Swiss news site 20 Minuten.
Under Swiss law, because the 2,000-franc fine is conditional, it will only be payable if the man offends again within four years. However, he must immediately pay 1,000 francs in costs and other fines.
The man behind the video had previously told Swiss media he did not regret his actions and that he had not posted the video on social media. However, investigators established he had forwarded the video to at least seven other people.
“I am extremely shocked and sad,” the 24-year-old victim of the incident said previously.
The Kenyan also said he tried to remain calm not to escalate the situation. “I just wanted to wash my car,” he said.
“I had never seen the person before. He obviously needed to vent his racial hatred,” said the man.
Many commenters on the 20 Minuten website expressed their outrage both at the fact that the fine was so small, and that is was conditional.
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Why only a conditional fine? Anti-racism laws in CH are a joke. I’m an educated African-American and former banker. I was walking my dog in the forest near Greng/Murten. My dog ,who is very friendly, walked over to greet another dog. The other dog was owned by a Bernese couple. The man physically attacked my dog for sniffing his dog! When I called him an idiot, he punched me in the face and the wife told me to go back to Africa. My teenaged daughter was with me. She called my Swiss husband who called the police. All arrived on the scene. I was shaken and nervous but described the situation to the police and my daughter confirmed the events as a witness. The police told me not to file charges as i could not prove that he hit me and that i did not accidentally fall into some bushes. I’m not joking…. My Swiss husband said and did nothing to defend me and my daughter. That’s when i realized how deep racism and sexism runs in CH….. and i decided that my worst fears about my Swiss husband were true– he harbors racist and sexist sympathies while telling the world he is not a racist or sexist. It seems to me that in the eyes of the men, I must have been wrong because I got angry. That’s when i lost respect for my husband and made a plan to leave.