Just how rare this outcome is can be seen from an extraordinary fact that has since emerged in local papers: between them, the three officers were responsible for at least 69 on-duty killings since 2000. One of them is recorded as having been involved in 57 separate incidents leading to 62 deaths that were registered as autos de resistência (resisting arrest), the phrase used in Rio for homicide by police in the line of duty.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:36:16 +0000
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