Rio’s bloodiest day: the untold story of Brazil’s most deadly police raid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/11/rio-bloodiest-day-untold-story-brazil-most-deadly-police-raid

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Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 191d

Nice work BOPE!

The guardian of course looking for as many crying women as they can quote but it’s nice they managed to actually explain what happened

Tauã Brito and others also question why their loved ones were killed, not arrested.

This sort of question only works in a guardian article where they assume the person reading it is completely clueless

If you’re somewhat vaguely interested why they’re not arresting the equivalent of islamic state terrorists without the suicide belts watch Tropa de Elite:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_Squad

Will give you some idea what the police and especially BOPE are up against