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A person places a handprint with red paint on a pavement during a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil against police violence two days after a police operation in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho favela resulted in the death of 28 people. Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 8, 2021 [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]
On May 6, residents of Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho favela were awakened by gut-wrenching screams and sounds of gunshots. Once the mayhem subsided and they gathered enough courage to step outside their homes, they came face to face with dozens of bloodied corpses scattered in the favela’s narrow alleyways.
What they were witnessing was the aftermath of the most lethal police operation in the city to date.