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Fast Money & Foreign Objects
The New York Times
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In Brazil last year, the police killed an average of 17 people every day. Rogue officers are killing even more off duty. “I’m a hero to my people,” one militia leader said.
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Fighting as Masked Vigilantes, Brazil’s Police Leave a Trail of Bodies and Fear
By Azam Ahmed
Inside, the gunmen worked in silence: two in front, shooting unarmed patrons at the bar and in the main room, while a third followed behind with a gun in each hand, firing a single shot into the head of anyone still moving.
When the massacre ended, 11 people lay dead, slumped over the bar, draped across chairs or huddled on the floor. Only two people survived, one by hiding under a friend’s lifeless body, case files show.
Once again, masked gunmen had struck in the Brazilian city of Belém, as they have for nearly a decade, stalking the streets in open defiance of the law. Robbing, extorting and killing without compunction.
Yet they did not belong to one of the many gangs that traffic drugs or guns in Brazil, leaving a trail of corpses.
They were cops.
....
“I’ve killed more than 80 criminals in my time as a police officer,” said another militia leader. “I’m a hero to my people. They love me.”
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39 mins ·
In Brazil last year, the police killed an average of 17 people every day. Rogue officers are killing even more off duty. “I’m a hero to my people,” one militia leader said.
About this website
NYTIMES.COM
Fighting as Masked Vigilantes, Brazil’s Police Leave a Trail of Bodies and Fear
By Azam Ahmed
- Dec. 20, 2019, 5:00 a.m. ET
Inside, the gunmen worked in silence: two in front, shooting unarmed patrons at the bar and in the main room, while a third followed behind with a gun in each hand, firing a single shot into the head of anyone still moving.
When the massacre ended, 11 people lay dead, slumped over the bar, draped across chairs or huddled on the floor. Only two people survived, one by hiding under a friend’s lifeless body, case files show.
Once again, masked gunmen had struck in the Brazilian city of Belém, as they have for nearly a decade, stalking the streets in open defiance of the law. Robbing, extorting and killing without compunction.
Yet they did not belong to one of the many gangs that traffic drugs or guns in Brazil, leaving a trail of corpses.
They were cops.
....
“I’ve killed more than 80 criminals in my time as a police officer,” said another militia leader. “I’m a hero to my people. They love me.”
continued in article
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