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Outrage as video shows police officers using violent force on two unarmed black men in Spain (video)

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Last updated: April 4, 2024 10:29 am
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Published: April 4, 2024
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A video showing two police officers using violent force on two unarmed black men in a central Madrid neighbourhood in Spain has sparked outrage and people are demanding an explanation.

The video, shot on Friday, March 29, in LavapiƩs, appears to show one of the men on the ground and immobilised by a police officer who seemingly has him in a chokehold.

A second police officer appears to then strike the immobilised man twice with a baton before grabbing and punching another man standing nearby.

As video of the encounter swiftly spread across social media, a police source told the Europa Press news agency that the two men had been arrested for undermining authority. The source described the men as being ā€œhostileā€ towards the officers and said one of the officers had been injured. One of those arrested was later found to have drugs on him, the source claimed.

The video provoked outrage across Spain. The antiracist campaign group SOS Racismo described the images as ā€œanother example of how state security forces act in LavapiĆ©sā€.

In its social media post it added: ā€œThose of us who live in this neighbourhood know that these actions are commonplace, and nobody does anything about it.ā€

Leftwing politicians called on the interior ministry to take action.

ā€œThis police violence is unacceptable,ā€ Isabel Serra, a spokesperson for the Podemos party, wrote on social media.

ā€œAnd unfortunately – or because of the complicity of the institutions – it is all too common. It is racism.ā€

ĆĆ±igo Errejón, a spokesperson for the Sumar leftwing alliance, said he had demanded a written explanation. ā€œDo not normalise this, do not look the other way, ask for explanations,ā€ he wrote on X.

In questions submitted to parliament, Errejón noted that the video appeared to show ā€œan aggressionā€ by two police officers, carried out on one man he described as immobilised and another who was not resisting.

He added: ā€œCruelty can be perceived, which does not seem to respond to a restrained protocol of police action.ā€

Errejón called on the interior ministry to clarify whether an investigation had been opened into the officers’ behaviour, asking: ā€œWhat measures will be taken in response to citizen complaints regarding the existence of police violence against migrants in the LavapiĆ©s neighbourhood?ā€

Days after the video was released, the ministry said that its national office for the guarantee of human rights, a body created in 2022 to ensure that state forces protect fundamental rights, was looking into the incident.

Watch the video below.

Disturbing footage showing police violence against two unarmed Black men in Madrid has gone viral on Spanish social media. This has sparked widespread outcry and calls for an investigation into the alleged racist police actions.

In the video, a police officer is seen repeatedly… pic.twitter.com/P2GZ9TWPmB

— red. (@redstreamnet) April 2, 2024

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