Police Raid a Favela in Rio de JaneiroAt least 25 people have been killed by a police raid in Rio&am
Police Raid a Favela in Rio de JaneiroAt least 25 people have been killed by a police raid in Rio’s Vila Cruzeiro favela. The police operation aimed to attack a crime gang, but stray bullets also hit innocent residents. Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation, giving the police 10 days to explain the attack took and to justify such use of lethal force. This is the second deadliest police raid in Brazil’s recent history, just behind last year’s raid in the Jacarezinho favela which killed 28. The Brazilian Supreme Court ruled following the incident that lethal force should only be used in self-defense when all other means have been exhausted.References: The Guardian, VICE, Reuters, National Herald, Barron’s, American Geographical Society. -- source link
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