In the US, this would put the Left is the difficult position of having to either side with the cops or with the anti-lockdowners.
By Adry Torres
Daily Mail
- Video posted on social media this week showed Giovanni López being beaten by police officers in Jalisco, Mexico, on May 4
- He was detained because he was not wearing a face mask and ignored COVID-19 preventive measures set by the city of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos
- The 30-year-old is appears in the video being placed in a choke hold a cop before three agents placed him in a police pickup truck and taken to a precinct
- His family went to pick him up May 5 at 10am but were told he had been taken to a local hospital
- At 10am, López was declared dead due to a brain injury but his aunt discovered he had been shot near the ankle area and his body showed signs of torture
- His brother, Christian López, said he was offered $9,000 by mayor Eduardo Cervantes not to post the video, an accusation which Cervantes denied
- The Jalisco State Prosecutor is handling the investigation. The cops are still employed by the police force
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19
