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Bogota, Sep 16 (EFE).- The family of a Colombian man who died at the hands of police laid him to rest here Wednesday with a call for justice.Javier Ordoñez, a 46-year-old attorney and father of two young children, perished a week ago after two police officers tased him repeatedly as he pleaded for his life in an incident caught on video that spurred days of protest. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).SHOT LIST: A FUNERAL OF JAVIER ORDÓÑEZ, AN ATTORNEY WHO WAS KILLED BY THE POLICE, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITE: ELBIA BERMÚDEZ, AUNT OF THE VICTIM (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: I ask for peace and I ask that this serve to modify some laws that are badly made, that we change something, that we learn a lesson from what happened and that it doesn't happen again.
Chicago, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).- Chicago police sergeant Clifford Martin Sr who died after contracting COVID-19 was laid to rest Tuesday. Martin was a 25 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department and is reportedly the second officer to die from complications of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 which causes the Covid-19 disease. (Camera: TANNEN MAURY). SHOT LIST: THE EXTERIOR OF CALAHAN FUNERAL HOME DURING THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF CHICAGO POLICE SERGEANT CLIFFORD MARTIN SR AND HIS CASKET BEING TAKEN FROM AT CALAHAN FUNERAL HOME DURING HIS FUNERAL IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA.
Linwood Lambert, a 46-year-old construction worker, was only supposed to go to the ER for medical attention on May 4, 2013, but he ended up dying in police custody. No charges were filed. Over two years later, the case is receiving new attention after MSNBC aired a report on Wednesday along with police and surveillance videos.
Police block a street in Aubervilliers, a Paris suburb, where a young man died after the scooter he was riding collided with a police car. A parked van also bears marks from the violent impact.. IMAGES
Protesters throw objects at police officers near the Obelisk in Buenos Aires where a demonstration is being held after a man died on August 10 in police custody. Facundo Molares, an Argentinian man identified as a former FARC guerrilla from Colombia who was detained in Bolivia in 2019, after being arrested and immobilized by three police officers at a protest against Argentina's upcoming primary election. IMAGES