Tag: Police violence

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Mayor of Bogota calls for reconciliation following nights of shootings and rioting because of police brutality

  

  The mayor of Bogota begged forgiveness on Sunday and called for reconciliation after protests in Colombia's capital the past week left 11 civilians dead and hundreds injured.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:14 UTC

  Deaths and rioting: Colombian defense minister apologizes for police brutality that triggered Bogotá protests

  

  Colombia's defense minister apologized on Friday on behalf of the national police for an incident of police brutality that sparked two nights of protests that rocked parts of the capital Bogota and satellite city Soacha, leaving 11 dead and hundreds injured.

• Thursday, August 27th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Athletes across the US are boycotting matches over the police shooting of a black man in Wisconsin

  

  Athletes across the United States are boycotting matches over the police shooting of Jacob Blake - four years to the day since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick chose to sit during the national anthem, igniting a wider protest movement in sport against racial injustice.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Arson and riots in main US cities as Wisconsin police shoot a black man in the back

  

  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, saying he would deploy more state National Guard troops, as the city of Kenosha braced for the third night of unrest following the shooting of a Black man by police.