Police in Rio de Janeiro killed at least nine people in a raid, in the latest example of deadly violence by Brazil's security officials after 16 people died at the hands of Sao Paulo state police earlier this week
Brazil, the country with the highest number of murders in the world, is also home to some of the planet's most deadly police forces. They regularly do battle with the drug gangs and self-defense militias who have colonized many of Brazil's poor working class neighborhoods, or favelas.
Police killings rose in Rio during the presidency of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right ex-army captain with widespread support among police. Bolsonaro, who for years represented Rio as a federal lawmakers, sought to boost legal protections for police who kill on the job, and said criminals should "die like cockroaches."
Sao Paulo Governor Tarcisio de Freitas, who was Bolsonaro's infrastructure minister and is seen as a possible future presidential candidate, said accusations of excessive force would be investigated, but defended police work in dangerous environments.
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