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Fifth Floor
BBC World Service
Protests against Colombia's police
24 minutes Posted Sep 18, 2020 at 1:51 pm.
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A video showing the repeated tazering of a Colombian lawyer Javier Ordóñez by police as he begged for mercy, and his subsequent death from internal injuries, triggered riots in which several people died. BBC Mundo's Daniel Pardo is based in Bogota, and explains what this story reveals about Colombians relationship with law enforcement.

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Image: Colombian protests after death of Javier Ordóñez

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