Residents of Camagüey denounced police violence during the arrest of a woman in a cafeteria in that Cuban city.
Journalist José Luis Tan Estrada posted two videos that witnesses of the incident sent him, and where a police officer can be seen arguing with the detainee.
The incident occurred at "3:00 in the morning at Ferro, the cafeteria next to Bim Bom," the publication states.
"The lady had not done anything," according to the person who recorded the video.
In the footage you can see that the woman apparently found something on the street and the police were accusing her of theft.
"I found that there," she defends, while refusing to be handcuffed.
In the struggle,She reminds the police officer "women don't touch each other.", whatHe responds: "I'm not Héctor, so you know, I do give you a blow that makes you faint, so you know".
The agent corners her at one end of the premises and says an obscene phrase to her:"I'm not interested [whether he stole or not] take that dick and let's go with me", he tells her.
Finally he puts handcuffs on her and pushes her out of the cafeteria.
Just two days ago it emerged thatanother Cuban police officer acted with violence when he tried to arrest a man inside a home in Gibara, Holguín.
The police officer attacked the detainee, his ex-wife and his minor daughter, according to a family complaint.
Likewise, in April a young Cuban was a victim ofpolice abuse in Ciego de Ávila, where he was beaten by two officers who shouted "I am Fidel."
The violent event occurred in Plaza Camilo, in the Ciego de Ávila municipality, when two police officers yelled at a young black man and severely beat him when taking him to the patrol car.
In March a 30-year-old young man died in Santiago de Cubaafter a beating by a police officer of that town. The victim, identified as Sergio Pozo Hernández, passed on the motorcycle by the place where the police had detained a thief, and when he did not obey an order to stop, an officer threw a chair at him with the engine running. He was then beaten until he was in critical condition and he died in the hospital, the family said.
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