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).
