Title: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: Mike88 on July 10, 2017, 06:48:43 PM In an unprecedented case in Portugal, the DA office has charged 18 police officers with accusations of torture and racism to six black kids (http://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/ministerio-publico-acusa-psp-de-racismo-e-tortura-8627061.html) from Cova da Moura, a Lisbon suburb. The case happened in February 2015 when a young black man was arested by the police in Cova da Moura. The police said that he threw stones to their patrol car but the DA says that's false. The officers arested him but beat him violently and insulted him. After that, five of his friends went to the police station to ask for informations about their friend but were also arested and insulted by the police.
The DA says that the six kids were brutally humiliated and beaten by the police without any reason other than racial intentions. The DA also accuses the police of forging reports about this case. I'm a bit shocked by this. Cova da Moura is a very poor suburb of Lisbon where a large Cabo Verdian community lives. Reports of racial clashes sometimes surge in the media, but this is quite disturbing. Title: Re: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: Mike88 on July 11, 2017, 12:23:21 PM Interesting report from the BBC about race in Portugal:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32419952 The media is strongly covering this story and race is, once again, being discussed. Title: Re: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: Kingpoleon on July 16, 2017, 07:20:46 PM Places less culturally diverse are far more racist than culturally diverse places like America, but less explicitly so because there isn't as much a chance of an incident.
Title: Re: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: DavidB. on July 16, 2017, 09:18:59 PM Places less culturally diverse are far more racist than culturally diverse places like America, but less explicitly so because there isn't as much a chance of an incident. Title: Re: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: Kingpoleon on July 17, 2017, 01:23:36 AM Places less culturally diverse are far more racist than culturally diverse places like America, but less explicitly so because there isn't as much a chance of an incident. Title: Re: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: Mike88 on July 17, 2017, 11:30:37 AM Places less culturally diverse are far more racist than culturally diverse places like America, but less explicitly so because there isn't as much a chance of an incident. Title: Re: Portugal: 18 police officers accused of torture and racism to 6 black kids. Post by: Kingpoleon on July 17, 2017, 03:01:31 PM Places less culturally diverse are far more racist than culturally diverse places like America, but less explicitly so because there isn't as much a chance of an incident. It's not about whether or not Portugal has the same percentage of African-Americans, as well. We have a great amount of other minority groups and European "white" immigrants. |