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Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a UN call for an investigation Friday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 28 people dead some reportedly killed in cold blood. Stop killing us! said hundreds of protesters from the impoverished neighborhood of Jacarezinho, who marched outside police headquarters accusing officers of perpetrating a massacre. This is one of the most barbaric acts in the history of the Rio police, student Roger Denis told AFP.
It was one of several protests against Thursday s police operation, which rights groups said was the deadliest ever in a city all too used to violence and police killings particularly in the poor, majority-black favelas, or slums.
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A person holds a banner reading ‘racist police’ during a protest against police violence outside Jacarezinho slum, after a police operation which resulted in 25 deaths, in Rio de Janeiro May 7, 2021. Reuters pic
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RIO DE JANEIRO, May 8 Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a UN call for an investigation yesterday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 25 people dead some reportedly killed in cold blood.
“Stop killing us!” said hundreds of protesters from the impoverished neighbourhood of Jacarezinho, who marched outside police headquarters accusing officers of perpetrating a “massacre.”
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Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a UN call for an investigation Friday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 28 people dead - some reportedly killed in cold blood. Stop killing us! said hundreds of protesters from the impoverished neighbourhood of Jacarezinho, who marched outside police headquarters accusing officers of perpetrating a massacre . This is one of the most barbaric acts in the history of the Rio police, student Roger Denis told AFP.
It was one of several protests against Thursday s police operation, which rights groups said was the deadliest ever in a city all too used to violence and police killings - particularly in the poor, majority-black favelas, or slums.