Protest against the Dosimetry PL, held in Largo do São Francisco to remember the acts of January 8th, ended in confusion, exchange of punches and expulsion of the former parliamentarian from the place
A protest against the ended in confusion this Thursday (8) at the Faculty of Law of which is located in Largo do São Francisco, the center of the capital of São Paulo. Former state deputy and current deputy councilor in São Paulo, Douglas Garcia, was involved in a disturbance with protesters who were there.
The act was marked on this date to commemorate three years of the invasion and vandalism of the headquarters of the Three Powers in Brasília by Bolsonarists, on January 8, 2023. Garcia went to the site accompanied by São Paulo councilor Rubinho Nunes and Vinhedo councilor Malcon Mazzucatto, all three from União Brasil. The former deputy tried to record videos provoking the protesters.
At one point, tempers flared and Garcia was expelled down the stairs amid shouts of “back off, fascist”. The former parliamentarian had his shirt torn. On the ground floor, Garcia exchanged punches with some left-wing activists. The former deputy himself posted a video of the moment on his social networks, claiming that he acted in self-defense after being attacked.
Rubinho Nunes denied having committed any attack on the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo. Mazzucatto also posted a video in which he exchanges shoves with protesters.
The Dosimetry PL was vetoed by President Lula this Thursday, after being approved by Congress in 2025.
Garcia was elected state deputy in 2018 for the PSL, the same party as then-president Jair Bolsonaro. In the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo, he defended conservative positions against abortion, disarmament and “gender ideology”.
Before becoming a deputy, Garcia was leader of the conservative group Direita São Paulo and created a carnival group to honor Carlos Alberto Ustra, a torturer during the military regime. In 2020, he was expelled from the PSL for violating the party’s code of ethics by carrying out political activities contrary to the democratic regime. He had been suspended before for the spread of fake news and attacks on democratic institutions.
In 2022, he tried to become a federal deputy, but received just over 24 thousand votes and was not elected. In 2024, Garcia received 9,000 votes for the position of councilor in São Paulo and received a place as a substitute. On his social networks, he constantly posts videos in which he goes to left-wing demonstrations to confront the participants.
*With Estadão Content
