Bogota Explodes in Anti-Police Riots After Tasered Man Dies
- Eight civilians dead and more than 20 police stations torched
- Mayor says structural reform of police needed as probe opens
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Eight people were killed in protests against police brutality in and around the Colombian capital of Bogota overnight, triggered by a widely-shared video of officers repeatedly tasering a man begging for mercy while onlookers filmed and urged the police to back off.
More than 20 police stations were torched, buses were destroyed and banks attacked. The tasered man, Javier Ordonez, who is heard murmuring “Please, no more” while armed officers overwhelm him, died several hours later.