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August 4, 2015

Report: Rio de Janeiro Police Killed 1,500 People in Last 5 Years 
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And a new report by Amnesty International finds military police in Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, have killed more than 1,500 people in the past five
years. Amnesty said nearly one in six homicides in Rio were carried out
by on-duty police as part of a "strategy of fear" in favela communities.
The vast majority of the police victims were young black men. Rio de
Janeiro is set to host the Summer Olympics in 2016.

 

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