Jair Bolsonaro urged the police to kill more. They have — and now it’s out of control
Dark-skinned Brazilians pay the price in the murder capital of the world
09 October 2019 - 18:58
Sao Goncalo, Brazil — Just before leaving her teaching job on the afternoon of May 17, Alessandra Mattos received a panicked voice message. “Alessandra!” a relative said. “There’s been an accident with Brayan.”
She grabbed her things, flagged a motorcycle taxi and rushed to a slum in the Rio de Janeiro suburb of Sao Goncalo. There, dead in a pool of blood, lay Brayan Mattos dos Santos, the 19-year-old nephew she helped raise. She tried to get closer, but a policeman blocked her advance...
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