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There is indignation in Cartagena after a video was released in which the aggressions of a police officer are observed American actor and activist Kevin Sampson in the historic center of the city.
The video shows the procedure in which the agents beat the artist and threaten him with a gun. Later they take it away.
Colombian actress Natalia Reyes, who has appeared in several films of the North American industry, condemned the fact on her social networks and certified Kevin Sampson’s human qualities.
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Despite the fact that the actor of American television series, such as ‘Diario del Vampiro’, is inside a commercial establishment, the agents attack him.
Taken from Kendrick Sampson Twitter.
The commander of the Cartagena Metropolitan Police, General Henry Sanabria Cely, supported the procedure of his men and claimed that Sampson disrespected authority and opposed a routine search.
“On Tuesday, December 15, in one of the streets of the Historic Center, making legitimate use of force, police from the Metropolitan of Cartagena applied a personal search to a North American citizen, who opposed the procedure,” the Police said in a statement press.
According to the authorities in Cartagena, this fact was brought to the attention of the federal authorities of the United States, based in Cartagena and also before Migration Colombia, who are analyzing possible sanctions abroad.
“When required by the police, the American opposes the personal search procedure, trying to extract an item from a bag, for which it is reduced by the uniformed men. This citizen was given a summons for disrespect for authority and for contempt to a police order, in accordance with Law 1801 of 2016, National Code of Security and Citizen Coexistence “, adds the police report.
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