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.
First Posted: May 06, 2021 08:55 PM EDT
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Police and researchers are calling the police raid in Brazil one of the deadliest police shootings in the history of Rio de Janeiro. The incident left at least 25 people killed, including one policeman.
The shootout happened during a police operation in a favela in the Jacarezinho area of the city after police received reports that drug traffickers were recruiting children to join their crime group, according to a BBC News report.
Police sent bulletproof helicopters, armored vehicles, as well as dozens of heavily armed police officers to attack the stronghold of the notorious criminal gang.