Monday, December 14, 2020

Brazil cops nabbed after images capture arrest of two men later found dead


https://news.yahoo.com/brazil-cops-nabbed-images-capture-183916807.html

Reuters

Two Brazilian police officers have been arrested in Rio de Janeiro after security camera images showed them shooting at two young men on a motorbike, before taking them away in a car. The two men later turned up dead.

Saturday's incident in the poor Rio suburb of Belford Roxo shines a fresh light on aggressive tactics of Brazilian police, who critics allege often target poor young Black men in deadly raids.

Critics say Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, has empowered police to be more aggressive than ever, offering them his full support to take out criminals in the country's drug-riddled slums. Bolsonaro has said "criminals should die like cockroaches."

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