ACLU: Police Brutality in Puerto Rico Routine
The American Civil Liberties Union called on the U.S. Justice Department to take control of the Puerto Rican police force and ensure reforms are carried out in a report issued Tuesday that says the department’s officers routinely use excessive force, killing at least 21 people in the past two years.
The ACLU says the department, the second-largest municipal police force among U.S. jurisdictions, has failed to address corruption, mismanagement and human rights abuses outlined in a scathing 2011 Department of Justice report. Puerto Rico’s government had acknowledged problems with the department and agreed to undertake reforms.
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PR’s government is garbage and our police force are bigger criminals than anyone else on the island. The reform they...
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En serio. Cuando vamos a ver cambio?
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