Recent attacks and deaths resulting from police attacks led Tarcísio de Freitas to adopt a new tone in his statements, describing the case in which a man was thrown from the bridge as ‘absurd’
The recent attacks and deaths resulting from interventions by the in São Paulo they took the governor de Freitas to adopt a new tone in his statements about police violence. Under pressure, he criticized an incident in which a police officer threw a man from a bridge, describing the action as “absurd”.
Last month, a shocking case involved Gabriel da Silva Soares, a 26-year-old black man, who was fatally shot in the back by 11 shots fired by a police officer in front of a market. Another tragic episode was the death of medical student Marco Aurélio Cardenas Acosta, who was chased by a law enforcement agent before being shot. To date, 2024 has already recorded 580 deaths caused by security agents, making it the most violent year since 2020.
*Report produced with the help of AI
Posted by Victor Oliveira
