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Why We Protest: Colombia | Why We Protest (2021x4)

Air date: Jan 15, 2021

On September 9th 2020 a video began circulating on social media of police in Bogota hitting and tazing Javier Ordóñez, a father of two, who was abused to death in police custody. The event triggered a wave of protests around Colombia that ended with the killings of 13 protestors by the police.