• Brazilian police killed +5000 people last year
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https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/brasiliansk-politi-draebte-over-5000-mennesker-sidste-ar?cid=soc_facebook_drnyheder_8h3uvs46 (Danish source, my translation) Brazilian police killed 5012 people last year. That is an increase of 19% compared to 2016. The number of killed police officers simultaneously fell by 15%, down to 385. That's what a report made in collaboration between the Brazilian news agency G1, the University of São Paulo, and the Brazilian forum for public safety, shows. The violence in the already struggling slums of Rio de Janeiro has spiked in the last few years. Last year the number of people killed increased by 8% compared to the previous year, and 26% compared to 2015. Shootings occur daily in the slums, and they have now begun to appear even in wealthier parts of the city. With approval from the Brazilian parliament, the army took over responsibility for security in the state of Rio de Janeiro and capital with the same name in February. This was done in an attempt to stop the drug gangs and the violence that follows them. The police has, however, been critisised for being trigger happy and violent themselves. Last year in October, the police mistakenly shot and killed a Spanish tourist in one of the city slums. Rio de Janeiro registered 40 per 100.000 residents killed last year in the city.
That's some mad shit. Hard to imagine how bad it must be in the Ghettos. Remember during the olympics when there were loads of riots and some people thought it might turn into a revolution. It's like a terrible thing which we've all turned a blind eye to.
I'm not like morbid or anything, but sometimes I pass by the watchpeopledie section on reddit, and its like 80% Brazilians killing each other Like tiny beef and they just murder the other fucking person
Poverty makes you crazy. Literally.
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