Lethal Force: Police Violence and Public Security in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
- ISBN-10
- 1564325784
- ISBN-13
- 9781564325785
- Series
- Lethal Force
- Category
- Extrajudicial executions
- Pages
- 122
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Fernando Riberio Delgado
Description
The Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro and Säo Paulo have been plagued for years by violent crime, much of it carried out by illegal drug-trafficking gangs. Reducing this violence and containing these gangs represents a daunting and at times dangerous challenge for the police forces. Too often, however, rather than curbing the violence, police officers in both states have contributed to it through the unjustifiable use of lethal force. This report examined 51 cases in which police appeared to have executed alleged criminal suspects and then reported the victims had died in shootouts while resisting arrest. Rio and Säo Paulo police together kill more than 1,000 people every year in such alleged confrontations. While some of these "resistance" killings by police are legitimate acts of self-defense, many others are extrajudicial executions.
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- 2016-07-07
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