Police Protest Officers’ Detention
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From Times Wire Reports
Hundreds of Mexico City police blocked streets with patrol cars and marched through the capital’s center to protest the detention of four colleagues who shot and killed a thief during a gun battle. Local prosecutors have not said why the four police officers were detained after a Tuesday shootout with two thieves who stole a car at gunpoint, but it was rumored that they were being accused of excessive use of force. The four were released, apparently without charges, after the protest.
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