Death of man after face mask arrest shines light on Mexican police brutality
Source: Guardian
Video shows officers forcing man into a police truck as bystanders plead for his release
David Agren in Mexico City
@el_reportero
Thu 4 Jun 2020 21.35 EDT
Mexicans have responded with outrage after a man was found beaten to death hours after he was arrested by police officers for not wearing a face mask in public.
Anti-police protests erupted on Thursday evening in Guadalajara, the country’s second-largest city.
Protesters clashed with police officers outside the government palace, burning patrol vehicles and graffitiing the building. Videos showed the protesters breaking through the palace door.
One protester poured a flammable liquid on the back of a motorcycle cop and lit the officer on fire, according to a video spread on social media by independent news outlet ZonaDocs. Police beat back the protesters with batons and shot tear gas at them.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/05/mexican-arrested-for-not-wearing-face-mask-later-found-dead
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