translated from Spanish: Rio de Janeiro registers record of deaths at the hands of the police

The State of Rio de Janeiro recorded a record number of mue antenna – an average of five per day – in police operations in the first quarter of the year, while the overall value of violent deaths dropped significantly.
The period coincides with the first three months of the mandate of the Governor Wilson Witzel, elected largely by being aligned with the policy of “tough” President Jair Bolsonaro-driven to fight crime.
Record of deaths
According to the figures from the Institute of public security of the Government (ISP), 434 people were killed “by an agent of the State intervention” between January and March, a figure 17.9 per cent higher than in the same period in 2018.
It’s the quarter with the highest number of deaths at the hands of police since authorities began the statistical series in 1998.
At the end of March, Witzel acknowledged in an interview with the newspaper O Globo that the police because I was using snipers to shoot suspects, initiative which had caused controversy during the election campaign.
“The Protocol is clear: If someone is carrying a gun, must be neutralized in a lethal manner”, said the Governor.
Total number of deaths is reduced
However, the total number of violent deaths (which includes the occurred in police operations) dropped 18 percent compared to the first quarter of 2018, after falling from 1866 to 1,528.
Intentional killings, also included violent deaths, dropped even more: a 26 per cent, from 1,417 to 1.409, in the first three months of the year.
Reduce and ignore penalties to agents who act in self-defence
The Minister of Justice and security, Sergio Moro, presented to Congress a draft law that empowers judges to reduce – or even stop apply – penalty to those agents who, acting in legitimate defense, have an overreaction “fear of dams, surprise or violent emotion.”
For defenders of human rights, the project gives “carte blanche” to the police to run suspects.
With more than 63,000 homicides a year, Brazil is one of the most violent countries in the world.

Original source in Spanish

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