As protests rock the United States over the death of George Floyd, anger built in Mexico on Thursday over its own police brutality case: a…
As protests rock the United States over the death of George Floyd, anger built in Mexico on Thursday over its own police brutality case: a young man allegedly beaten to death after officers detained him for not wearing a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic.
An online campaign to bring Giovanni López’s killers to justice has drawn support from stars like Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro.
Authorities in the western state of Jalisco have said that López was detained May 4 in a town near the city of Guadalajara for a misdemeanor equivalent to disturbing the peace or resisting arrest.
A video of his detention shows municipal police wrestling him into a patrol truck as residents argued with officers about excessive use of force and rules requiring face masks, a measure designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
