You've Probably Never Heard of America's Worst Police Force | Mother Jones

7.3.15

You've Probably Never Heard of America's Worst Police Force | Mother Jones: Advocates and activists in Puerto Rico have been quick to seize on the parallels between the two movements. "The murder of Miguel C�ceres is to Puerto Rico what the choke-hold death of Eric Garner is to New York and the Michael Brown killing is to Ferguson, Missouri," civil rights attorney Judith Berkan wrote in a recent brief in an ongoing civil suit between the C�ceres family and the Puerto Rico Police Department. Olga Orraca, a Puerto Rican gay rights activist who has spoken out against police brutality, says events like Ferguson and the Garner decision could help lead to reforms on the island. "What's happening with police in other parts of the US has a domino effect," she says. "The situation that is happening with people, especially black people in the US, is having some impact on people living here."