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Amid the confrontations in the center of Bogotá between protesters and members of the Police, two congressmen were involved in the excesses and were attacked by agents.
According to the representative to the Chamber Katherine Miranda, an officer struck her on one knee while trying to calm the rioters.
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In a video on the Facebook page of Congressman Inti Asprilla, it can be seen how the congressmen argued with the police about possible mistreatment that some young people received in the middle of the demonstrations.
“The policemen beat me on the knee with the motorcycle“said the representative.
This occurred close to Bolivar Square in Bogotá minutes after the confrontation between protesters and members of Esmad began.
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“When we were arriving at the Plaza de Bolívar, when I saw that they were hitting a young man, that they were pointing one of those weapons at them, I arrived and interposed to Katherine. They hit him with the motorcycle. When we saw the stampedes, we began to carry out the evacuation route and we saw how they chased young people and we are going to investigate what is going to happen to the young man that the police took away, “said Asprilla.
In the middle of # ParoNacional21S I had to intervene so they didn’t hit a young man. However, the police end up taking him away and assaulting @MirandaBogota. Let’s go to where they took him. Force. pic.twitter.com/xgnWQMhR4l
– Inti Asprilla (@intiasprilla) September 21, 2020
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According to the protesters, The protests were taking place in a peaceful manner when a loud noise was heard that caused the concentrations to dissipate.
Seconds later, people in civilian clothes were seen who were in confrontations with members of the public force.
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