Tag: Police
Brazil’s Corruption? This Is Small Change. The Real Problem Are the 60,000 Killed a Year
Somewhere between outraged and perplexed, Brazilians have been bombarded with news about their political ...
São Paulo’s Answer to Drugs: Police, Tractors and Forced Treatment
Last Sunday, São Paulo authorities dramatically deployed a “new” approach to dealing with drug ...
International Court Rules Against Brazil’s Police Indiscriminate Killings
Amnesty International lambasted “impunity” for Brazilian police who kill suspects during operations, after a ...
For a Majority of Brazilians the Only Good Criminal Is a Dead One
Bandido bom é bandido morto — The only good criminal is a dead criminal. ...
For Decades, Brazil Favelas’ Military Invasions Have Been Proven Useless. And Still They Continue
On March 25 2017, two professors from Rio de Janeiro’s Federal University accompanied a ...
In Rio It’s War. And a Video Shows Police Executing Two Men on the Ground
A police officer walks up to a man lying on the ground, reaches down, ...
Bus Torching and Gang Action Reaches Once Peaceful Brazilian South
Elite police commando units fanned out across the streets of the Brazilian southern state ...
Criminals Have Already Killed 90 Policemen in São Paulo, This Year
Brazil announced on Tuesday it will create a new police agency, boost surveillance operations ...
Brazilian Policemen Try to Invade Congress to Get Better Salaries
In Brazil, about 100 members of the Civil and Military Police from various states ...
Brazilian Police March on the Streets and Threaten National Strike
Brazilian police and firemen from all over the country, about 1,000 of them, marched ...
