FILE PHOTO: Police officers stand in line with defaced riot shields during a demonstration against what protesters say is police brutality in Bogota, Colombia September 12, 2020. Writing on the shield reads, "I am a rapist and an accomplice". REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The mayor of Bogota on Sunday begged forgiveness and called for reconciliation after protests in Colombia's capital left 10 civilians dead and hundreds injured.
Demonstrators in Bogota and satellite city Soacha this week protested the death on Wednesday of Javier Ordonez, 46. A widely shared video showed the father of two being repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by police. He died later in a hospital.
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