Dozens of people have been killed in clashes in Brazil as police carry out raids to crack down on criminal gangs and Drug traffickers at least 44 people have reportedly died in total after violent scenes in the city of Rio De Janeiro Sao Paulo State and Baha'i State this marks the latest incident in a wave of lethal policing in Brazil in a statement Rios police set suspected criminals in Villa cruzero Favela shot first wounding the
officers and prompting police to return fire nine people hit by bullets were taken to a state hospital where they were declared dead according to the statement which said intelligence work had uncovered a meeting in Villa cruzero among crime leaders who control the region has been the site of Bloodshed during police operations in the past a fire fight resulted in more than 20 deaths in May 2022 just months after another
read so eight people killed police raids are a persistent source of controversy in Brazil where pro-law enforcement politicians defend the operations as a necessary part of the fight against criminal groups critics meanwhile Alish that police kill indiscriminately in poor neighborhoods collaborates with paramilitary groups and take part in criminal activity themselves the Rio de Janeiro State government's
strategy for tackling violence and organized crime has come under criticism in recent years particularly given there is little insight into officers choice to dispense lethal Force the practice isn't limited to Rio The Raid Wednesday morning came as the public security Secretariat enabling South Wales state raised the death toll from police operation there the previous day to 16 from 14. the prior figure had already meant
the raid in the coastal city of gwaruja was the state's deadliest since 2006 according to news websites outcry over the unbridled Vitality of policing in Brazil's favelas has led to the adoption of police body cameras in certain States notably soft Polo the cameras have been widely credited with reducing police violence there killing by active duty officers in Sao Paulo fell to 256 in 2022 down 61 from 2020 the last full year before the widespread rollout of the cameras.
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