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Colombian lawmakers reject president's labor reform referendum

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Personal Finance   来源:Books  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:Across the border in Guatemala, authorities were cautious in their initial response.

Across the border in Guatemala, authorities were cautious in their initial response.

Some have compared Trump’s decision on Saturday to George H.W. Bush’s use of the Insurrection Act to respond, after the acquittal of white police officers who were videotaped beating Black motorist Rodney King. In just six days the protests became one of the deadliest race riots in American history, with 63 people dying, nine of whom were killed by police.

Colombian lawmakers reject president's labor reform referendum

Syreeta Danley, a teacher from South Central Los Angeles, said she vividly remembers as a teen seeing black smoke from her porch during the 1992 uprisings.Danley said that at the time it seemed like law enforcement cared more about property damage affecting wealthier neighborhoods than the misconduct that precipitated the unrest.She said some people in her neighborhood were still more afraid of the police than the National Guard because once the troops left, local police “had the green light to continue brutalizing people.”

Colombian lawmakers reject president's labor reform referendum

There were deadly protests in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1965 in response to pent-up anger over an abusive police force and lack of resources for the community. Over 30— two-thirds of whom were shot by police or National Guard troops. Many say the neighborhood has never fully recovered from fires that leveled hundreds of buildings.

Colombian lawmakers reject president's labor reform referendum

In 1956, the governor of Tennessee called the state’s troops to help enforce integration in Clinton, Tennessee, after white supremacists violently resisted federal orders to desegregate.

President Dwight EisenhowerThe senator is going through what authorities have described as “critical hours” after undergoing surgery at a private clinic in Bogotá.

“He survived the procedure; these are critical moments and hours for his survival,” said Bogotá Mayor Carlos Galán early Sunday after receiving information from the medical staff at the Fundación Santa Fe clinic.“His condition is extremely serious and the prognosis is reserved,” the clinic added hours later in a new medical report.

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy for the shooting who they considered the perpetrator. Authorities have not disclosed a motive.Colombia’s Ombudsman’s Office condemned the attack, saying the country “cannot allow a return to dark times when violence sought to silence ideas, candidacies or political leadership.”

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