State governor says surprise operation against drug gangs and mafia groups is start of ‘transformational’ occupation
Civil police chief Allan Turnowski said a permanent police occupation would follow Wednesday’s raid on Jacarezinho, which last year was the scene ofOther communities will reportedly be occupied in the coming days.
A special operations member of the Brazilian civil police stands guard during the occupation of Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro.Critics and specialists doubt the new wave of occupations will do anything to resolve the decades-long drug conflict that continues to claim hundreds of mostly young, black lives each year.
“The favelas and outskirts of Rio have never been transformed by the barrel of a gun,” said Nunes, who suspected the initiative was simply a political ploy to help a politically weak governor secure a second term in office later this year. “This is a very well-known script,” Nunes said of the political use of public security policy in Rio, with little if any thought given to the people and communities affected or the long-term impact on crime.
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