Outrage in Panama over police beatings of protester, photographer 3 minutes read
Panama City, Dec 17 (efe-epa).- Panama’s National Police faced criticism Thursday over the brutal beating of a young woman during a protest and an assault against a photojournalist who was covering the demonstration.
A video aired on Panamanian television and circulated on social media shows a male cop holding University of Panama student Ileana Corea while a helmeted female officer repeatedly hits the protester even as another officer attempts to intervene to stop the beating.
And when Agencia Efe’s Bienvenido Velasco tried to snap photos of the arrest of Corea and other demonstrators outside Congress on Wednesday, a cop delivered a blow to his back that landed the journalist in the hospital.