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Did Police Beating Cause Man’s Death In PG?
posted (December 17, 2012)
A pair of police officers are being investigated in Punta Gorda after they allegedly beat Francisco Shol - which is believed ot have led to his death.

It happened early on Friday morning. The officers - who are not assigned to the PG Police Station and were in a civilian vehicle allegedly beat him up near the PG Sports Bar. They then took him to the PG Hospital and left him there - where he did not get treatment - and started to walk home.

Shol didn't make it; he collapsed in a drain on his way home - where his family found him the next morning dead. He reportedly had a cracked skull and internal bleeding.

Police are investigating but the PUP Town Council says QUOTE, "the continuous brutality must cease immediately…the attitude of these rogue cops must not be accepted."

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