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As if the US moves here in Latin America has not been worrying enough, the police of Rio de Janeiro just committed the biggest massacre the state of RJ has ever had, there's more than 160 dead, and only 4 cops died. The governor of RJ is saying that the operation was a success, even tho they did not even get the person they invaded the favela for. From January to September of this year alone, the RJ police has killed more than 510 people.
Shit's getting bleaker.
I was reading about the favela raids yesterday and physically cringed. I'm so sorry and I hope you are able to be reasonably safe.
Thanks comrade, reading and hearing about it has been horrifying. I'm not from Rio so I don't have to worry about any of that, but I feel for those living in direct line of sight of the police.
You are welcome. Please take precautions, as I imagine the circle to be ever expanding.
That's fucking awful, comrade. Stay safe.
Thanks comrade! I'm not from Rio and am fortunate enough to live in a place where I don't have to worry about the police, but seeing the reporting of the amount of people dead has been daunting.
It's good that you're safe! Solidarity with the people of Rio, that's horrifying.
I assume the police is political aligned with Bolsonaro?
Not necessarily. The military police and these death squads go back to the US coup in '64. They were aligned with Bolsonaro recently, but they are going to align themselves with any right wing government. Bolsonaro is not all that relevant anymore. He's under house arrest for now, and he's gonna be sent to jail soon. He's been convicted already.
The vast majority is definitely very reactionary. I can't say if they are still aligned with Bolsonaro since he has been losing popularity a lot for some time now, specially because of how he handled the pandemic. But I would bet they are Bolsonaristas, even tho some of them might not like Bolsonaro himself anymore.
I know there is a very, very small minority of leftists in the military police force, but they have to keep their mouths shut not to be extremely harassed, fired or worse.