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Porto. PSP sends police intervention footage from housing protest to Public Prosecutor's Office

The PSP police has forwarded video footage and an incident report to the Public Prosecutor regarding the police intervention at a housing protest in Porto that occurred during the early hours of Thursday, 15 October. The Inspectorate-General of Internal Administration (IGAI) has also opened an administrative investigation to evaluate the circumstances and the police procedures used.

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While this is a specific incident, the resulting official investigations by the Public Prosecutor and the IGAI reflect ongoing tensions regarding housing demonstrations and the limits of police intervention in public spaces in Portugal.

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