Thought I posted this a couple days back but whoops I guess I am losing it! Recent headline
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- Those Trigger - Happy Brazilian Police are at it again... A man authorities were attempting to rescue from a kidnapper was shot and killed by Brazilian police last week., along with the assailant.
- More and more brazilians are protesting the violence, fearing that the killings are now spreading from the favelas into other bairros as well.
- Apparently the police are also under investigation in the disappearance of a 24 year old female engineer whose empty car was found in June riddled with bullets in a canal in Barra.
- Last Wednesday, a beach vendor was killed as he tried to protect his FOUR YEAR OLD daughter - who was also wounded in a shoot out between police & drug dealers near Leblon beach (8 pm in San Sebastian Cross in Leblon)...
- The Office of Public Security (ISP) reported recently that in the first five months of this year, 2,441 homicides were recorded in the State of Rio, 249 less than the same period of 2007.
- Finally, two weeks ago now, over 300 police were sent into Rocinha on a special mission to arrest a whopping ONE man. Freaked me out as I was in Rocinha the Friday before...
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