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Hundreds of Ethiopian Israelis Protest Police Violence

Associated Press

   JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Israelis are protesting across the country
   against alleged police brutality against the country's Ethiopian
   community following the killing of an Ethiopian Israeli teen by an
   off-duty police officer.
   Demonstrators blocked a main highway in central Tel Aviv and major
   thoroughfares around the country on Tuesday. They have been voicing
   frustration over perceived systemic discrimination against the
   community's roughly 150,000 members. Police say officers arrested at
   least three protesters at a demonstration outside Haifa that turned
   violent.
   On Sunday, an off-duty police officer shot and killed Ethiopian Israeli
   teen Solomon Teka. Police said the officer was arrested and placed by a
   court in protective custody.
   Thousands of people attended Teka's funeral at a cemetery near Haifa on
   Tuesday.

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