Brazilian Police Massacre Slum Dwellers
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Law, Legal History, Courts, Terrorism
- Subcategories: Human Rights, Poverty, Poor People, Violence, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: Latin American History
- Geographical Location: Brazil
- Date: 1993
Article abstract: When off-duty police massacred street children and slum dwellers in Rio de Janeiro in 1993, they showed to the world the extent of Brazilian police brutality and touched off worldwide protests that led to attempted reforms.
Summary of Event
In mid-1993, Brazilian police inflicted two massacres on the poor of Rio de Janeiro. Eight street children died in a hail of bullets at the Pius X Square near Our Lady of Candelária Church during the night of July 23-24, 1993. A month later, during the night of August 29-30, a squad of masked...
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