News of brutality

EDITORIAL

From Minneapolis to Chaco and beyond

Today 08:24 The use of the word “pandemic” in the first sentence was quite deliberate. Racism is everywhere, including here in Argentina, with police brutality also in common.

Assault, torture and sexual abuse

Chaco police officers removed from post after vicious attack on Qom family

04-06-2020 09:00 Shocking scenes go viral on social media of police officers assaulting members of the Qom indigenous community in the Chaco Province town of Fontana. Local authorities intervene, "removing" officers from service and placing them under investigation, amid widespread condemnation of attack.

Killing of George Floyd

Three more officers charged in George Floyd’s death, world calls for justice

03-06-2020 17:46 Prosecutors charge US police officer accused of asphyxiating George Floyd with second-degree murder, with three others accused of aiding and abetting murder. Meanwhile, protesters in cities all over the world call for justice.

End of 'Chocobar doctrine'?

Bullrich bemoans security minister's move to remove Macri-era protocols

24-12-2019 13:04 Recently departed security minister accuses new government of holding "ideological apparatus that is always on the side of the thief."

POLICE BRUTALITY

Footage emerges of police officer killing man with a kick to the chest

20-08-2019 15:21 City Security Minister Marcelo D’Alessandro states officer's actions were "within protocol," as questions emerge over conduct.

POLICE BRUTALITY

Demonstrators demand justice in protest against police brutality

24-05-2019 19:46 Public uproar at San Miguel del Monte deaths prompt hundreds of people to stage a march "against the trigger-happy" in the streets of Buenos Aires.