Police controversies in Puerto Rico are how they had restrictions with their rights to free speech, peaceful assembly, and police violence and abuse. Puerto Rico's financial situation has gotten worse when it deepened by $100 billion in damages. This was caused by hurricanes Irma and María which forced the government to, close schools, lay off thousands of public employees, and raise university tuition. Thousands of police officers called out sick in protest of not being paid for countless hours of overtime worked in the aftermath of the hurricanes. Dominicans are by far the largest minority group in Puerto Rico. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, there are roughly 68,000 Dominicans living in Puerto Rico, are alleged abuse within the Dominican communities like Barrio Obrero, with investigation's initial focuses. Evidence suggests that PRPD officers violate the rights of individuals of Dominican descent or appearance through targeted and unjustifiable police actions. High-profile incidents will always get a lot of attention but activists and the Justice Department say abuses and discriminatory policing happen on a regular basis.