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| Subject: Rio cops kill with impunity: Amnesty International Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:24 am | |
| Rio de Janeiro's paramilitary police have killed more than 1,500 people in the last five years, driving up the Olympic host city's already high violent death rate, Amnesty International said Monday.
"At least 16 percent of the total homicides registered in the city in the last five years took place at the hands of on-duty police ?- 1,519 in total," Amnesty said.
The scathing report -- "You killed my son: Killings by military police in Rio de Janeiro" -- alleges police have a "shoot first, ask questions later" policy and act with near impunity in slums known as favelas.
Victims range from people hit by stray bullets fired from military grade weapons in the densely packed favelas to suspects subjected to what Amnesty describes as extrajudicial executions.
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