'Police acted with disproportionate use of force and went after the poorest people in the city,' said attorney and human rights expert Carlos Negret.
called actions from the Colombian police during protests in September 2020 a"massacre" against civilians in low-income neighborhoods.
Protests were spurred after videos shared on social media showed two policemen detaining taxi driver Javier Ordoñez, 44, who had been drinking on the sidewalk, and repeatedly beating him while an onlooker asked for them to stop. Ordoñez died that night because of his injuries. The protests that ensued saw 17 police stations in the capital city Bogotá set on fire and destroyed by protestors during the three nights of protesting.
"Everyone made mistakes on the 9th and 10th of September, except for the victims of this tragedy," said Carlos Negret, a lawyer and human rights expert who headed the report."Bogotá's city government commissioned the report last year. It also held a ceremony asking for forgiveness from the victim's families.
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