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[edit]Contemporary Examples (edited title of subsection)
[edit]Police Brutality in Brazil
[edit]Brazil is consistently ranked as one of the most violent countries in the world due to record-breaking homicide numbers each year.[1] The issue is exacerbated by widespread and systemic police brutality, particularly against Black people from the poorest neighborhoods.[2] While there was a noticeable decline in police killings from 2020 to 2022 as a result of government reforms, Brazil's police forces are still responsible for a significant proportion of killings annually.[2][3] This violence is often justified by authorities as self-defense or part of the ongoing "war on drugs," yet it is frequently carried out with impunity.[4] Reports from human rights organizations have highlighted racism, corruption, a culture of excessive force and retaliation, and a lack of institutional police control mechanisms as key contributors to the persistence of police brutality in Brazil.[3] These structural issues stem from a long-standing system of aggressive social control that started in the colonial era, was reinforced during military dictatorships, and has carried on throughout the ongoing process of democratization in Brazil.[5]
One notable case that brought international attention to police brutality in Brazil occurred in 2020 in the Salgueiro favelas of Rio de Janeiro. João Pedro Matas Pinto, a 14-year-old Black teenager was shot and killed during a police raid that was targeted at suspected local drug traffickers[6]. João Pedro was at his aunt's house playing with his cousin's when police stormed the building and opened fire. The teenager was shot in the abdomen by an assault rifle and sustained fatal injuries.[7] Building on the momentum of global Black Lives Matter protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, widespread anti-police brutality protests were held across the country to call for justice and accountability.[8] Members of the public criticized the police for their reckless tactics and the systemic targeting of Black youth.[8] Despite public outrage, progress have been slow-moving, with many similar cases remaining unsolved.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Murder rate by country 2023". Statista. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ a b cycles, This text provides general information Statista assumes no liability for the information given being complete or correct Due to varying update; Text, Statistics Can Display More up-to-Date Data Than Referenced in the. "Topic: Police violence in Brazil". Statista. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ a b ""They Promised to Kill 30"". Human Rights Watch. 2023-11-07.
- ^ Briso, Caio Barretto (2020-05-18). "'Instead of doctors, they send police to kill us': locked-down Rio faces deadly raids". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ Costa, Arthur Trindade Maranhão; Thompson, Timothy (2011). "Police Brutality in Brazil: Authoritarian Legacy or Institutional Weakness?". Latin American Perspectives. 38 (5): 19–32. ISSN 0094-582X.
- ^ independent, Associated Press The Associated Press is an; City, not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York (2020-06-18). "A teen's killing stirs Black Lives Matter protests in Brazil". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ Phillips, Tom (2020-06-03). "Black lives shattered: outrage as boy, 14, is Brazil police's latest victim". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ a b "Brazil's racial reckoning: 'Black lives matter here, too'". 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
- ^ Ramos, Paulo César; Völker, Siri (2020). Police Violence Against Black People Is on the Rise in Brazil (Report). German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA).