Hundreds turn out to protest Chile police violence

Hundreds of people gathered in the streets of Santiago on Friday to protest police violence but were met with tear gas and water cannon trucks.

Authorities were seen attempting to disperse the demonstrators roaming the Chilean capital.

Another large group of protesters massed at the iconic Plaza Italia, the scene for similar rallies during a year of anti-government protests which began in October 2019.

The Chilean National Human Rights Institute said more than 450 people suffered eye damage from supposedly non-lethal projectiles fired by police during those street protests.