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The adoption of portable body cameras by some military police battalions in São Paulo reduced the number of children and adolescents killed during officer interventions by 66.3 percent in 2022 compared to 2019. Lethality among black individuals decreased by 64 percent. However, this population remains disproportionately affected.The research report titled "The Body Cameras in the Military Police of São Paulo: Implementation Process and Impact on Teen Deaths," released by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Brazilian Forum for Public Safety (FBSP) on Tuesday (May 16), provides the relevant data.The study reveals that in 2019, 102 adolescents lost their lives in São Paulo due to police interventions without the use of the device. However, after the adoption of the technol...

On May 11, the Observatory of Deaths and Violence against LGBTI+ in Brazil published a dossier revealing that 273 violent deaths of LGBTI+ individuals occurred in the country in 2022. Out of these deaths, 228 were classified as murders, accounting for 83.52 percent of the cases. Suicides made up 10.99 percent (30 cases), and the remaining 5.49 percent (15 cases) were due to other causes. The report defines LGBTI+ as referring to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite, transwomen and men, transmasculine, non-binary individuals, and other sexual and gender dissidents. The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship and the National Secretariat for the Rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals will launch the dossier on Tuesday, May 16 at 4 pm in Brasília.The Observatory of Deaths and Violence against LGBT...

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São Paulo: Teenage deaths decrease with police body cameras

Dossier reports 273 deaths of LGBTI+ individuals in 2022 in Brazil