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A 🧵to contextualise what's happening in Cali, the epicenter of Colombia's national strike, based on a long ethnographic engagement with the young people behind the protests, police officers and local officials that @LinaBuchely and I have been conducting since 2016. 1/ Image
Some background to the current strike first. The huge mobilisations over the past 12 days are a continuation of the protests that took place in Nov. 2019 (#21N) against the current Duque government, its attacks on the peace accords and the country's economic situation. 2/ Image
The 2019 protests were the largest & most coordinated mobilisations in Colombia's history. People from across the spectrum called for economic reform, and for an end to the assassination of peace leaders & to the ESMAD, the country's infamous anti-riot police. 3/ Image
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#Colombia #Bogota #Riot #JavierOrdoñez

The Bogotá police opened fire on demonstrators who were rioting over the murder of student Javier Ordoñez in a police station more than a week ago.
There is a lot of photographic content indicating that the police fired their weapons at people during the protests, leaving 12 dead. Several citizens in Colombia have reminded the National Police that they should not shoot their manned arms during protests.
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THREAD (warning--not for sensitive eyes): Video of police rampage in Bogota, Colombia last night. Police shot & killed 10 young people--aged 17 to 20s--protesting police killing of #JavierOrdoñez, father of two. 66 more shot & wounded.#notofascism



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