Rio police killed five people every day 2019

[Eldorado]

"The number of police killings in Rio de Janeiro reached a record high last year, officials say, amid controversial hardline measures to tackle violence.

"Police killed 1,810 people, an average of five per day, the highest number since official records began in 1998.

"Critics blame the rise on policies that include the use of heavily armed agents and helicopter-borne snipers to fight criminals in densely populated areas.

"But officials say the approach has worked, citing a drop in violent crime."

At the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-51220364

And France24: https://www.france24.com/en/20200122-police-killings-in-rio-soar-18-percent-in-2019-data

[Taun]

Critics of the critics blame the criminals....

[Piney]

14 minutes ago, Eldorado said:

"The number of police killings in Rio de Janeiro reached a record high last year, officials say, amid controversial hardline measures to tackle violence.

Really???? In the eighties and early nineties they were shooting the feral kids like rats. 

[Essan]

2 minutes ago, Piney said:

Really???? In the eighties and early nineties they were shooting the feral kids like rats. 

But were those murders actually recorded?

This is just official deaths .....

[aztek]

4 minutes ago, Piney said:

Really???? In the eighties and early nineties they were shooting the feral kids like rats. 

yes they did, those were gangs that attacked robbed and even killed people. some kids, uh,

[Piney]

Just now, Essan said:

But were those murders actually recorded?

Nope. They would walk by when they were sleeping on the beach, shoot them in the head and keep walking. 

.....and they wonder why the survivors became violent, cop hating criminals as adults.....

[Piney]

Just now, aztek said:

yes they did, those were gangs that attacked robbed and even killed people. some kids, uh,

I know that. They were literally wild dog packs. 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Piney

[aztek]

actually the stats are much higher,  5 ppl a day for a year comes out to 1825, these stats show around over 6000.  6 times more than in usa, 

to compare, india police kills about 130ppl a year, a country with 1.3B population, almost total poverty, and widespread corruption.  population of brazil 200+ M, usa 330M

[rashore]

33 minutes ago, aztek said:

actually the stats are much higher,  5 ppl a day for a year comes out to 1825, these stats show around over 6000.  6 times more than in usa, 

to compare, india police kills about 130ppl a year, a country with 1.3B population, almost total poverty, and widespread corruption.  population of brazil 200+ M, usa 330M

The 1,810 is for Rio de Janeiro, not the whole country. The 6,000 is for the whole country, and would include the 1,810 from Rio.

[ethereal_scout]

Shouldn't they be done for crimes against humanity?

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule4

The Geneva Conventions can cover armed police.

[aztek]

4 minutes ago, ethereal_scout said:

Shouldn't they be done for crimes against humanity?

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/customary-ihl/eng/docs/v1_rul_rule4

The Geneva Conventions can cover armed police.

no, not really, shooting criminals isn't a crime against humanity.

[ethereal_scout]

I'm assuming they're NOT armed and its subjective as to what is criminal. Being criminal doesn't mean they're doing anything wrong (they may adhere to the 10 commandments rather than criminal law). The law may be wrong etc.

[aztek]

20 minutes ago, ethereal_scout said:

I'm assuming they're NOT armed and its subjective as to what is criminal. Being criminal doesn't mean they're doing anything wrong (they may adhere to the 10 commandments rather than criminal law). The law may be wrong etc.

of course not, lol, they are model citizens,