Police State

EspañolSecurity military brigades in Guatemala will now help patrol the city streets in an effort to lower the higher crime rate, its city council recently decided. This past Wednesday, November 30 the city council approved a new…
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EspañolCall me a cynic, but it seems like the wool has been pulled over our eyes. Following a rash of police-brutality cases in recent years, civil libertarians across the country — and around the world, even — are now nearly in…
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EspañolIndigenous Guaraní in Bolivia claim police brutally attacked them on Tuesday, August 18, as they protested the government's efforts to explore their lands for oil. The Guaraní people, who reside in southern states of Tarija,…
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EspañolJust days away from the historic reopening of the US embassy in Havana, the Cuban regime shows no sign of slowing down on the number of human-rights activists they arrest. On Sunday, July 12, Cuban police detained at…
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EspañolHuman-rights advocates in Nicaragua are sounding the alarm over the current state of the country's prison system, as allegations of physical and psychological torture pile up. Marcos Carmona, executive secretary for the…
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Español On Saturday, January 24, Ismael Sosa traveled 750 kilometers from Buenos Aires to Córdoba with his girlfriend to attend a show by La Renga, a local rock group with a cult following. However, Ismael, 24, never returned from the …
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EspañolDaniel Pantaleo choked a man to death on camera. He wrapped his arm around his victim's neck and squeezed until the life escaped his body. The victim was, of course, Eric Garner, a 43-year-old black father of six, whose final…
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EspañolBy Julian Adorney On July 17, officer Daniel Pantaleo choked Eric Garner to death for selling untaxed cigarettes. On December 3, a grand jury elected not to indict Pantaleo. He will face no charges. The case has gripped the…
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EspañolYou watched a snuff film. You saw a man, under protest, slowly being choked to death, on camera, with witnesses, and you found a way to blame it on the murder victim? Have you completely taken leave of your senses? What is the…
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On Wednesday afternoon, a Staten Island grand jury dropped the criminal charges against the New York City police officer who choked Eric Garner to death while arresting him. The fatal encounter took place in July when NYC police arrested…
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NB: viewer discretion advised. EspañolBrutal. That is the only word that came to my mind when I watched a video of police officers torturing a person detained at a station in the tiny province of Tucumán, Argentina — the most densely…
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EspañolAn eyewitness to the police killing of Jose Walter Garza in Laredo, Texas, on Saturday has come forward to contradict the official account of events. In an interview with local, independent journalist Hector Cubillos, Gateway…
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