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Eight Killed and Hundreds Injured in Colombia Amid Protests over Police Killing

HeadlineSep 11, 2020

In Colombia, at least eight people were killed and 400 injured as thousands took to the streets of Bogotá Wednesday night protesting police violence following the killing of Javier Ordóñez, a father of two. A video circulating on social media shows police officers pinning Ordóñez to the ground and repeatedly shocking him with a stun gun for over two minutes as Ordóñez begs, “Please, no more.” Ordóñez died shortly after in police custody.

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