The police have been driven by “disproportionate violence” the demonstrations that broke out in September 2020 in Bogota, its capital Colombia, with the official death toll reaching 14 dead, is underlined in an independent report which was delivered yesterday to its mayor.
As the “nights of terror” unfolded following the death of a 43-year-old after he was forcibly brought in by two police officers, the videos of which sparked three days of riots in Bogota, the police reacted “in a disproportionate, illegal way, which was far from the beginning of humanity”, stressed the Carlos Negret, author of this research, which was funded and supported “methodologically” by the United Nations.
The members of the police believed “that they could injure and kill without the slightest consequence”, added Mr. Negret, former ombudsman.
Three hundred civilians and 216 members of the security forces were injured, while 76 police stations were destroyed. The report also stigmatizes “violence” against the police.
This report is “painful”, but “necessary to save and rebuild our democracy”, said the mayor of the capital, the Lopez Branches.
The elected called for “justice” for the episodes, while urging him President Ivan Duque recognize the problem of excessive police violence and take into account the recommendations made in the report.
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