Thousands march in Lisbon against racism and police violence after police shoot dead man

The demonstrators demanded justice for Odair Moniz, the man shot by Portugal's police force.

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00:00Thousands in Lisbon took part in a demonstration against police violence after several nights

00:07of riots triggered by the death of a man shot and killed by police earlier this week.

00:14Demonstrators demanded justice for Odair Moniz, the Cape Verdean man shot by Portugal's police

00:19force.

00:21Protesters chanted the slogan Justice for Odair as they demonstrated.

00:29Portugal flags from the Vida Justice movement, which organized the protest, as well as Cape

00:33Verde, flooded the city.

00:35Meanwhile, the right-wing Portuguese party Chega called for a protest in defense of the

00:40police at the same time in Lisbon.

00:45That protest brought together around 300 people and lasted just over an hour and a half.

00:52In recent days, Portuguese police have reportedly recorded more than 100 incidents of public

00:57disturbances in Lisbon.