The content originally appeared on: CNN Police forces came under widespread criticism following the procession, in which television footage showed officers striking mourners with batons, nearly causing the pallbearers to drop the coffin, as well as forcibly taking down Palestinian flags including from the hearse, and arresting individuals carrying the flag. At the time Israeli police said they were responding to objects and rocks being thrown at police, as mourners sought to carry Abu Akleh's coffin by foot from a […]
