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Police Brutality in Brazil Breeds Crime

Friday, May 19, 2006 8:11:02 PM
By STAN LEHMAN

Policemen patrol downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on Friday, May 19, 2006. The gang violence that rocked Brazil's prisons and its largest city for a week, killing 170 people, appeared to subside Friday with police reporting no deadly overnight clashes with gang members.  (AP Photo/Andre Penner)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A police car screeched to a halt in the Novo Mundo slum. Children scattered as three officers with guns and bulletproof vests leapt out and ran into a tenement.

Minutes later, the police left and an angry 17-year-old emerged, presenting bruises on his cheek and chest as evidence of the officers' abuse.

"I have no idea why they did this," Diego Romao dos Santos muttered as he walked down the dusty streets.


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