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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Leftwing parties in Spain are demanding explanations after a video appeared to show a pair of police officers using violent force on two unarmed black men in a central Madrid neighbourhood.

The video, shot on Friday in Lavapiés, appears to show one of the men on the ground and immobilised by a police officer who seemingly has him in a chokehold.

As video of the encounter swiftly spread across social media, a police source told the Europa Press news agency that the two men had been arrested for undermining authority.

In questions submitted to parliament, Errejón noted that the video appeared to show “an aggression” by two police officers, carried out on one man he described as immobilised and another who was not resisting.

Errejón called on the interior ministry to clarify whether an investigation had been opened into the officers’ behaviour, asking: “What measures will be taken in response to citizen complaints regarding the existence of police violence against migrants in the Lavapiés neighbourhood?”

“This is a situation that we live daily,” said Serigne Mbayé, a former regional politician and now the antiracism secretary for Podemos, in a video posted online from the protest.


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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's surprising that these acts have shown up on the news roll. I recall that 10-15 years ago we would have more recorded instances of police brutality in Spain, usually involving local police. Edit: also the shameful acts of the national police when the rodea el congreso demonstration took place.

I don't think the amount of acts like this has been declining, but rather a byproduct of the disgraceful ley mordaza, which the current government pledged to remove and never got around to.

In other words, it's surprising that this video has managed to make its way up to the news roll, but ultimately nothing new under the sun.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What were they being arrested for though?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

If “THEY WERE NO ANGELS” was a Lemmy account…

[–] Akisamb 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the two men had been arrested for undermining authority