In 2019 Brazilian cops killed 6,357 people. In the state of Rio they killed 1,814: nearly twice as many people as cops killed in the United States, which has a population 19 times as large
, “brown” or “mixed”. Police killings tripled between 2013 and 2020 and now represent around a third of all homicides in some states, according to data compiled by the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety, an NGO.
The Department for the Protection of Children and Adolescents says it spent months planning the raid in May, which was meant to arrest 21 people suspected of recruiting minors to drug gangs. But evidence appears to be scant—consisting mainly of photos from Twitter. Officers made only six arrests. Of the 27 people killed, some were minors and most were not on the suspect list . It looked like a “revenge operation”, says Daniel Hirata of the Federal Fluminense University in Rio.
He refers to the idea, first mooted in the 1930s, that a lack of laws against interracial romance and greater mixing have made Brazil a “racial democracy”. “Racism doesn’t exist here,” he says, pointing to his love of samba and his adopted sister, who is black.
Public universities now have as many black students as white ones, but while 36% of white 18- to 24-year-olds have completed university or are studying for a degree, the share drops to 18% for black 18- to 24-year-olds. Mr França’s index estimates that it will take 27 years to reach racial equality. And a black Brazilian is nearly three times as likely as a white one to be a victim of homicide. In the United States a black person is seven times as likely to be killed as a white one.
This is in contrast to São Paulo, where police lethality has dropped since some units began wearing body cameras . São Paulo is introducing anti-racism training, though this has had mixed results in other countries. The black lieutenant-colonel who is leading the effort, Evanilson Corrêa de Souza, is unwilling to blame racism for deaths in “terrains where criminals are armed to the teeth”.
Brasil Últimas Notícias, Brasil Manchetes
Similar News:Você também pode ler notícias semelhantes a esta que coletamos de outras fontes de notícias.
Kate Ferdinand gives glimpse at stunning family holiday with Rio and baby CreeSharing a series of throwback snaps on social media, former Towie star Kate Ferdinand looked back on a recent holiday in the sun with her husband Rio and family
Consulte Mais informação »
Travis Barker Just Took His 1st Flight With Kourtney After His Near-Fatal Plane Crash a Decade AgoTravis survived a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina that killed four other people.
Consulte Mais informação »
At least five killed at Kabul airport - witnessesAt least five people were killed in Kabul airport as hundreds of people tried to forcibly enter planes leaving the Afghan capital, witnesses told Reuters.
Consulte Mais informação »
What’s Really to Blame for Low Black Vaccination RatesA Black doctor on his efforts to increase vaccine access and acceptance in Black communities.
Consulte Mais informação »
This forgotten slave language is seeing a revival thanks to TikTokTut, a centuries-old forgotten language used by enslaved Black people, has found its way to social media.
Consulte Mais informação »
Don't Make Your Colorism & Fatphobia Lizzo's Problem'I think people are just mad to see a fat Black woman that makes pop music and is happy,' Lizzo shared in a recent video.
Consulte Mais informação »