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Sunday, May 3, 2015
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, May 3, 2015
‘First, violent police need to be dealt with’
“Being black, I have to protest today,” 34-year-old Eddie Maconen tells AFP.
“I never experienced police violence against me personally, but it is aimed at my community which I have to support,” he says.
Maconen, who came to the country aged three, says the protesters wanted violent policemen to be put on trial before deeper issues of social inequality were tackled.
“First the police need to be dealt with, then we’ll get to all the other (official) bodies that screw over Ethiopians,” he says.
— AFP
Protesters chant slogans, demonstrate against police brutality in Tel Aviv on May 3, 2015 (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
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