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'Police State' Portugal
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Does Portugal have a problem with police brutality and racism? In February a group of young black men from the Lisbon suburb of Cova da Moura allege they were beaten and racially abused at a police station. Police claim the men tried to invade the station. Residents of Cova da Moura are mostly from immigrant backgrounds, and they say this is just the latest of a number of serious incidents in the past few years, and claim that the neighbourhood has become a 'police state'. James Fletcher travels to Cova da Moura to investigate whether police are too heavy handed towards black and immigrant communities, and whether those communities are bearing the brunt of Portugal's austerity driven spending cuts.
(Warning: Contains strong language).
(Warning: Contains strong language).
Released:
Apr 23, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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