In the US, this would put the Left is the difficult position of having to either side with the cops or with the anti-lockdowners.

By Adry Torres

Daily Mail

• Video posted on social media this week showed Giovanni López being beaten by police officers in Jalisco, Mexico, on May 4 

• He was detained because he was not wearing a face mask and ignored COVID-19 preventive measures set by the city of Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos


• The 30-year-old is appears in the video being placed in a choke hold a cop before three agents placed him in a  police pickup truck and taken to a precinct


• His family went to pick him up May 5 at 10am but were told he had been taken to a local hospital


• At 10am, López was declared dead due to a brain injury but his aunt discovered he had been shot near the ankle area and his body showed signs of torture


• His brother, Christian López, said he was offered $9,000 by mayor Eduardo Cervantes not to post the video, an accusation which Cervantes denied


• The Jalisco State Prosecutor is handling the investigation. The cops are still employed by the police force 


• Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

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