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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...

Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security Flavio Dino confirmed Wednesday (Jan. 25) the opening of a Federal Police inquiry on the crime of genocide against the Yanomami indigenous people in the northern state of Roraima. During recent years the ethnic group has struggled under a health crisis, with deaths caused by malnutrition and the proliferation of diseases such as malaria.“We have a law on genocide in Brazil, which is very old, sanctioned by Juscelino Kubitschek in 1956. This law is still in force and covers various types of genocide practices, involving not just killing, but also violating physical and mental integrity, as well as actions and omissions that lead to the extermination of a given ethnic group. Based on what I saw, on what society saw, I have no doubt there was...

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São Paulo: Teenage deaths decrease with police body cameras

Justice Minister: Federal Police investigate genocide against Yanomami