Follow RT on A massive police operation in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho slums resulted in the death of two dozen suspected criminals, one officer, and several injured police and civilians – including subway passengers caught in the crossfire.
More than 200 Brazilian police officers raided the third-largest favela in Rio, home to over 60,000 residents, on Thursday morning. Local media reported heavy gunfire and explosions in Jacarezinho, and spoke of rifle-armed militants jumping across roofs to escape the police.
Multiple Brazilian social media users described the confrontation as
“war.”
Vulto aparece em momento que rola troca de tiros entre a Polícia e traficantes no Jacarezinho, reparem! pic.twitter.com/ZAMYpArw5j Favela Caiu na Rede RJ (@FCNRRJ) May 6, 2021
Catholic leaders condemn deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro
May 11, 2021 contributor
Activists and victim s relatives light candles and hold the Portuguese message: Stop killing us the day after a deadly police operation in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, May 7, 2021. A bloody, hours-long gunbattle here echoed into Friday, with authorities saying the police mission killed two dozen criminals while residents and activists claimed human rights abuses. (Credit: Silvia Izquierdo/AP.)
Catholic activists in Brazil are demanding an independent investigation into the most lethal police operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro, which resulted in the deaths of 28 people.
First Posted: May 09, 2021 11:08 PM EDT
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Brazil Supreme Court wants to review its last year s ruling banning police raids into Rio de Janeiro favelas after the recent police raid, which took the lives of 25 people.
Supreme Court Justice Marco Aurélio Mello said that the May 6 police raid should be investigated. However, he did not say if it violated the earlier ruling, according to an Associated Press News report.
He added that the decision came from the assumption that the ruling would be temporary. Three other justices from the court backed Mello on his view that the ruling should be reviewed.
celeb art historian Brit summing it all up if you don t want to read all that:
Wow, the scale of Labour’s defeat. England will be Tory for generations. The urgency for Scotland to choose its own way becomes fiercer. Dr. Bendor Grosvenor (@arthistorynews) May 7, 2021
by artappraiser on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 3:54am
this guy, an activist about saving traditional Brit cultural heritage, is having fun doing a narrative about what The Woke wrought in the British elections (along the lines of Carville s Wokeness is a problem and we all know it) and it is, of course too simplistic and not really the truth to make this about statues or even patriotism. But there is something there, as people of any nation, much less a once powerful one, aren t going to vote for those who believe they should be constantly reminded about how evil they have been in the past and what a worthless nasty racist country they have been, how they must repent and be humble and lose all pride and patri
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Rio police accused of executing suspects in raid
The United Nations human rights office has strongly criticised a police raid against suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, amid allegations of abuse and extrajudicial executions.
Residents of Jacarezinho, one of the city s largest slums, say police killed suspects who wanted to surrender and entered homes without a warrant.
Police have denied any wrongdoing.
The deadliest police operation in the city s history has left 25 dead, including a police officer.
Vast areas of Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil s most violent cities, are under the control of criminals, many of them linked to powerful drug-trafficking gangs.