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Outrage in Spain as video shows Madrid police ‘violence’ on unarmed black men (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's surprising that these acts have shown up on the news roll. I recall that 10-15 years ago we would have more recorded instances of police brutality in Spain, usually involving local police. Edit: also the shameful acts of the national police when the rodea el congreso demonstration took place.

I don't think the amount of acts like this has been declining, but rather a byproduct of the disgraceful ley mordaza, which the current government pledged to remove and never got around to.

In other words, it's surprising that this video has managed to make its way up to the news roll, but ultimately nothing new under the sun.