Ro de Janeiro, Brazil — Police in Brazil faced outraged protests and a UN call for an investigation Friday after a raid on a Rio de Janeiro favela left 25 people dead — some reportedly killed in cold blood.
“Stop killing us!” said hundreds of protesters from the impoverished neighborhood of Jacarezinho, who marched outside police headquarters accusing officers of perpetrating a “massacre.”
“This is one of the most barbaric acts in the history of the Rio police,” student Roger Denis told AFP.
“We’re here to ask for justice for this unjustifiable massacre.”
It was one of several protests planned against Thursday’s police operation, which rights groups said was the deadli…
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