The police officer who denigrated pro-independence activists remains unpunished and one step away from promotion

No punishment, no kind of retaliation at work. Estíbaliz Palma Verona, the Spanish police commissioner who made Francoist comments and denigrated protesters against the trial's ruling, will not receive any kind of punishment and has been readmitted to the selection process to be promoted to the position of chief commissioner. Three years ago, in a tribute in Vigo to a riot policeman injured in the protests, she said: “There were 48 hours in whic…