{"id":62675,"date":"2020-10-16T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T13:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=62675"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:20:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T15:20:05","slug":"on-childrens-day-complexo-do-viradouro-suffers-police-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=62675","title":{"rendered":"On Children\u2019s Day, Complexo do Viradouro Suffers Police Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

On October 12, <\/span>a Children\u2019s Day party and <\/span>feijoada <\/span><\/i>feast <\/span>organized by a samba school from the community of <\/span>Complexo do Viradouro<\/span><\/a> were occurring in the plaza of the group of favelas in <\/span>Niter\u00f3i<\/span><\/a>, Rio de Janeiro\u2019s sister city across Guanabara Bay. The community festivities were brusquely interrupted by the Shock Police Battalion (<\/span>BPChq<\/span><\/a>) with the arbitrary detention of a young man, rifle shots fired into the air, pepper spray, and tear gas.<\/span><\/p>\n

The conflict began after a young man was beaten and arrested without justification, according to the community. In protest, residents closed off both sides of Doutor M\u00e1rio Viana Street. \u201cThey took an innocent person. They closed the street,\u201d said a man showed in the video below.<\/span><\/p>\n

\nhttps:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Moradores-fecham-a-Rua-Douto-Viana-em-protesto-contra-violencia-policial.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

According to residents, the man, who had a wounded arm, was called by a Shock Police officer. The officer interrogated him about how and why he was wounded. After explanations, the officer freed the man, who crossed the street and rejoined the <\/span>feijoada<\/span><\/i> with his friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, minutes later, the same agent returned to call the man over to the police area. Again, the man crossed the street in the direction of the police, but, this time, he received a punch and was shot from inside the Shock Police car. At that moment, residents went in the direction of officers, in a peaceful way, to understand the motive for the arrest, saying that the young man was \u201ca worker.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That was when, according to the video <\/span>circulating on social networks<\/span><\/a>, one of the officers fired rifle shots into the air.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Festa de Dia das Crian\u00e7as terminou com tiros nesta segunda-feira (12\/10) durante a\u00e7\u00e3o policial no Complexo do Viradouro, em Niter\u00f3i, Regi\u00e3o Metropolitana do Rio. N\u00e3o h\u00e1 informa\u00e7\u00e3o de feridos. V\u00eddeo: Jornal @osaogoncalo<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/RsCQJWSPA4<\/a> #TirosRJ<\/a> #FogoCruzadoRJ<\/a> #Niter\u00f3i<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qOxnFR40W2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fogo Cruzado RJ (@fogocruzadoapp) October 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n