Caught along with the East Haven Police Department in a national firestorm, Mayor Joseph Maturo Jr. says that he will lead the town out of it.
Four police officers were arrested Tuesday by the FBI on charges that they used excessive force against undocumented immigrants and covered up abuses in New Haven, Connecticut.
In a blistering condemnation of the second-largest police force in the United States, the Justice Department is accusing the Puerto Rico Police Department of a “profound” and “longstanding” pattern of civil rights violations and other illegal practices.
Last Thursday, people gathered in the streets of Jaime Eyzaguirre Macul in Chile, participating in a two-day national strike. Among those was 16 year old Manuel Gutierrez. Manual probably expected to return home after the protests. Instead, he was mortally wounded due to shots fired by the police.