The shooting death of a popular local jujitsu teacher ignited protests in one of the city’s largest favelas.
By Marina Lopes Marina Lopes Email Bio Follow May 15 at 4:08 PM Protests erupted in one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest slums after police allegedly shot a popular local jujitsu teacher to death amid an increasingly lethal crackdown on crime. Hundreds in the city’s poorest neighborhoods have been killed in police operations this year.
Police killings, meanwhile, have reached a 21-year high, according to Brazil’s Institute of Public Security. During the first three months of 2019, officers in Rio killed 432 people, according to the government-funded institute. That’s an average of 4.82 per day — up 18 percent from the same period last year.
“They send these jerks into our neighborhoods to kill,” said Sandra Mara, da Silva’s mother. “When are police going to stop killing my son, our sons? Ask Witzel!”“I want to express to his mother Sandra Maria [sic] my profound condolences for her loss,” he tweeted Wednesday. “This death will not go unpunished and will be investigated rigorously.”Under Witzel, police in Rio have begun conducting operations aboard helicopters, shooting into slums at suspected criminals.
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