The uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was fueled in part by anger over police brutality
(NEWSER) – Egypt's Interior Ministry offered a rare expression of regret today after riot police were caught on camera a day earlier beating a protester who had been stripped of his clothes, and then dragging the naked man along the muddy pavement before bundling him into a police van.
The video of the beating, which took place late yesterday only blocks from the presidential palace where protests were raging in the streets, further inflamed popular anger with security forces just as several thousand anti-government demonstrators marched on the palace again today.
The uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was fueled in part by anger over police brutality.