Race and police violence in Colombia and Brazil

The World

The police killing of a 19-year-old black man in southwest Colombia didn’t get a lot of national attention until after the protests in support of justice for George Floyd gained momentum in the US. Every nation has its own history with racism and policing, but there are echoes of what’s happening with protests in the US in both Colombia and in Brazil. The World’s Jorge Valencia has the story.

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