Chilean Monitors Protect Citizen Rights amid Police Brutality
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Often the quest to advance social justice causes social disorder. Consequently, the desire to restore order can provoke the degradation of social justice. Protestors and activists disrupt the flow of society to raise awareness of where society functions ineffectively. Law enforcement often forgoes due process and human rights, when the equilibrium of daily life is thrown off by mass demonstration.
In repressive regimes, government crackdowns warrant international condemnation. However, in countries with solid democratic credentials, we have more trust that law enforcement will protect basic human rights. Decisions taken by the courts are similarly given more credibility than dictatorial show trails.
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Amid more than year of mass protests against Chile’s exclusive educational system, volunteers have stepped up to monitor the actions of riot police. Dressed in blue helmets labeled DDHH (derechos humanos/human rights), a cadre of volunteers record police tactics that violate the rights of demonstrators.
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