In Latin America, the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality are rife.
People are regularly killed during protests or in police custody. Why are security forces so ruthless?
In Chile, there is currently widespread outrage about the case of a young demonstrator who was thrown off a bridge by a police officer at the start of the month. During the mass protests late last year calling for better health care, security forces are reported to have killed more than 30 people. Hundreds of demonstrators also suffered eye injuries because police sometimes fired rubber bullets directly at their faces.
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WNU Editor: This is a problem that has unfortunately been around for a long time in Central and South America .... Latin America has a police brutality problem of its own (Latin America Reports).
2 comments:
Police violence is ∝ society's violence.
It is just human psychology. To expect different is mendacity, ignorance, or gullibility.
You want better police, then you need a better society. You can boot strap up or down.
They should be able to legally protest. Or once a week in the capital down the main street. Or every day in a large park, where it doesn't disrupt traffic or business. Or every day in every city if it does not disrupt business.
The protesters need not stay at home. But they should not disrupt other citizens or assault police.
There is a few different feedback loops going on. One is if you assault the police, it coarsens them and over time they start acting like you. If it does not, point out to us, where it states that is not true in some psyche study or textbook.
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