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• Video of police officer throwing man off bridge sparks outrage in Brazil – video

  05-12-2024 20:02
  
  The footage has become the most harrowing example yet of how the state police force in São Paulo has grown increasingly violent since the start of last year when Tarcísio de Freitas, one of the most influential members of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet, took over as governor. The victim, later identified as a motorcycle delivery driver, was rescued by local people and taken to a hospital. He survived. By Thursday morning, the officer responsible had been
  
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• Video of police officer throwing man off bridge sparks outrage in Brazil

  05-12-2024 20:02
  The footage has become the most harrowing example yet of how the state police force in São Paulo has grown increasingly violent since the start of last year when Tarcísio de Freitas, one of the most influential members of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinet, took over as governor. The victim, later identified as a motorcycle delivery driver, was rescued by local people and taken to a hospital. He survived. By Thursday morning, the officer responsible had been
  
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• Video of man being thrown off bridge in São Paulo shines light on police impunity

  05-12-2024 17:58
  
  There is outrage over an increase in police killings under state’s governor, an ex-member of Jair Bolsonaro’s cabinetA São Paulo state police officer is seen leading an unarmed man to the edge of an overpass in an impoverished neighbourhood of Latin America’s largest city.Seconds later, the officer pushes the man, who falls backwards from a height of three metres into a shallow stream of murky, sewage-laden water. Three other officers can be seen watching the scene unfol
  
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