A manifestation ended in turmoil After the Military Police launched tear gas pumps in protesters On Saturday morning (12), in Brás, in downtown São Paulo. The act was held in repudiation last Friday (11).
Protesters occupied Rangel Pestana Avenue, blocking part of the road. According to the Independent Camels Union of São Paulo, the demonstration was totally peaceful until the intervention of the police.
The organizers stated that there was no attempt to communicate from the police before the aggressions. “It release the road as a measure of oppression to the worker,” the union said in a statement.
According to the Secretariat of Public Security (SSP), a person launched a bottle towards the police, who therefore had to intervene with the moral -effect gas. To date, there is no record of injuries.
Protesters also requested the re -registration of the street vendors, and stated that the city had been without two years without issuing new licenses. “Workers want to work organized and legalized,” says the union.
A CNN He asked for a note from the São Paulo City Hall about the registration. The text will be updated as soon as there is return.
The delegated operation was also criticized. The operation is carried out by agents of the City Hall Military and Tax Police with the intention of combating the trade of irregular street vendors in São Paulo.
On the afternoon of last Friday (11) the street vendor Ngange Mbaye, 34, was shot and killed by a military police officer on Rangel Pestana Avenue, in the Brás neighborhood. The street vendor tried to assault the agents with an iron bar during a goods to seize goods.
In a statement, the São Paulo Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SP) reported that a Military Police Inquiry (IPM) was instituted to investigate the case and
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