Thread: Calling out Bankrobber brah (srs)

You still trying to move to Columbia? It is fked up right now over there it is very sad.



cops just shooting unarmed citizens...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56983865

The United Nations' human rights office has accused Colombia's security forces of using excessive force against protesters.

The UN said it was particularly shocked by events in Cali on Monday, where it said police had fired on protesters.

It said that fatalities had been reported but it not yet been able to verify how many.

On Monday, Colombia's ombudsman said at least 19 people had died during a week of unrest over proposed tax reforms.

Deadly clashes
The ombudsman's office had at first put the number of those killed since the protests started at 17, but later revised that number upwards to 19. But that was before the fresh clashes which happened overnight in Cali, Colombia's third largest city.

Colombians take to the streets to oppose tax reform
Marta Hurtado, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the UN had received reports of human rights defenders being harassed and threatened as well as protesters being injured and even killed in the city. What we can say clearly is that we have received reports, and we have witnesses, (of) excessive use of force by security officers, shooting, live ammunition being used, beatings of demonstrators and as well detentions," she told reporters in Geneva.

People also took to the streets on Monday in the capital, Bogotá, in Colombia's second largest city, Medellín, and in the northern city of Bucaramanga.

What kicked off the protests?
When the protests started on 28 April, they were mainly in opposition to a now shelved tax reform.

Colombians take to the streets to oppose tax reform
The government argued that the reform was key to mitigating Colombia's economic crisis. Its gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 6.8% last year, the deepest crash in half a century, and the coronavirus pandemic has further driven up its unemployment rate...

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreak...r_riot_police/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Colombia/co...is_killing_us/

https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreak...fter_it_being/