• ‘The state is murderous’: Brazilians vow justice for 13-year-old boy shot by police

    ‘The state is murderous’: Brazilians vow justice for 13-year-old boy shot by police
    Thaigo Menezes Flausino, who dreamed of becoming a footballer, is the ninth child in a shooting this year in RioThose who knew Thiago Menezes Flausino described him as a boy with dreams. These were brutally shattered by several police bullets this week, when the 13-year-old became the latest victim of state violence in a Rio de Janeiro favela.“He dreamed of becoming a professional footballer. He’d passed tryouts for a bigger team and was going to start playing on the day he was kille

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