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Puerto Rico Probes Police Crackdown on Student

HeadlineJul 06, 2010

Puerto Rico has launched a probe of last week’s violent clash between police and student demonstrators at the Capitol in San Juan. Student organizers say over two dozen protesters were treated for injuries after officers used batons, physical force and pepper spray to block a large group of protesters from attending a legislative session on the state budge.

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