In Brazil, several cases of police brutality are causing outrage. Footage from local television stations shows a police officer throwing a man off a bridge into a river in the metropolis of São Paulo.
According to initial reports from the news portal “G1”, officials had previously asked two people on a motorcycle to stop.
However, the men fled and the officers gave chase. One was subsequently arrested, while the other was thrown off the bridge by one of the officers. It was initially unclear whether the man survived.
In another released surveillance camera video, an off-duty police officer is seen shooting a young man multiple times in the back after he stole cleaning supplies from a convenience store and tried to escape. There was no apparent threat to the officer.
Cases need to be investigated
“Someone who shoots people in the back, someone who goes so far as to throw someone off a bridge, is clearly not fit to wear this uniform,” São Paulo Governor Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas said on Platform and severely punished.
Police work should not be compromised by unprofessional behavior, Public Security Minister Guilherme Derrite said. São Paulo’s attorney general, Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa, also condemned the events, saying the images were “horrifying and absolutely inadmissible.”
A day earlier, an off-duty police officer in the state of Pernambuco shot and killed a motorcyclist who had previously offered him a ride via an app. As “G1” reported, the officer did not pay the 7 reais (1.10 euros) fare, which led to an argument in which the officer pulled a gun and shot the young man.
Brazil is one of the countries with the most violent crime. Most of these are due to organized crime, petty criminals and police brutality.
Source: Krone
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