{"id":73468,"date":"2023-01-15T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T13:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=73468"},"modified":"2023-01-16T13:45:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:45:35","slug":"permissiveness-for-the-self-described-patriots-shots-punches-and-bombs-for-the-favelas-what-voicesfromsocialmedia-say-about-the-brasilia-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=73468","title":{"rendered":"Permissiveness for the Self-Described &#8216;Patriots.&#8217; Bullets for the Favelas. What #VoicesFromSocialMedia Say About the Bras\u00edlia Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_73469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73469\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_abr_080120231818-12-scaled-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73469 size-full\" title=\"Demonstrators invade Congress, the Federal Supreme Court and the Planalto Palace. \" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_abr_080120231818-12-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_abr_080120231818-12-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_abr_080120231818-12-scaled-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_abr_080120231818-12-scaled-1-943x629.jpg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_abr_080120231818-12-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators invade Brazil&#8217;s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3iBAbsu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-23766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/PT-e1439583827971.png\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This article is part of RioOnWatch\u2019s\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/12mAD0p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>#VoicesFromSocialMedia<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Criminal attacks against the federal government in Bras\u00edlia cause outrage on social media threads of favela community organizers in Rio de Janeiro, for making clear that the Brazilian police tradition of shooting first and asking questions later is reserved solely for the favelas and peripheries.<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe Military Police&#8217;s apparent oversight does not conform with its actions during peaceful demonstrations. Check out 20 times when the police attacked and arrested protesters for nothing,\u201d said the Association of Digital Journalism (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3VUK7ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AJOR<\/a>) in a post published <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VXuRx1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">A aparente omiss\u00e3o da PM, no entanto, n\u00e3o condiz com sua a\u00e7\u00e3o em manifesta\u00e7\u00f5es pac\u00edficas. Confira 20 vezes em que a pol\u00edcia atacou e prendeu manifestantes por nada. (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pontejornalismo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pontejornalismo<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XXfiT1Hk9u\">https:\/\/t.co\/XXfiT1Hk9u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ajor (@ajor_digital) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajor_digital\/status\/1612472917610168321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Published a few hours after a series of seditious attacks in <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yyotUC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bras\u00edlia<\/a> last Sunday, January 8, the post draws attention to the \u201cmeekness\u201d of the State security forces&#8217; treatment of the actions of far-right Brazilian supporters of former president <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/354OHC6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jair Bolsonaro<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31mN3qn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PL<\/a>)\u2014most of them white. In contrast, favela residents are typically treated quite differently when they claim any rights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73470\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73470\" title=\"Damaged windows at the Planalto Palace. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil \" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Damaged windows at the Planalto Palace. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil \" width=\"670\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1-943x629.jpg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damaged windows at the Planalto Presidential Palace. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This is inconceivable. I&#8217;m born and raised in a favela and the things I&#8217;ve seen the Military Police (PM) do during a police operation are painful and traumatic. However, what we are seeing in Bras\u00edlia is an invitation to tea and a cuddle,&#8221; protested <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GV5CHK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laerte Bruno<\/a>, a resident of the favelas of <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3EEmP7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complexo da Mar\u00e9<\/a> and creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2RUAkbL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UniFavela<\/a>. In another <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3X6hOLq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter post<\/a>, he added:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">A PM confundiu um peda\u00e7o de madeira com uma arma matando com um tiro de fuzil o catador de materiais recicl\u00e1veis Dierson Gomes da Silva.<\/p>\n<p>Em Bras\u00edlia, a PM flerta com o bolsonarismo, conversa e tira at\u00e9 foto durante o atentado e vandalismo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qca1doSiS1\">pic.twitter.com\/Qca1doSiS1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 laerte (@brenolaerte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brenolaerte\/status\/1612179895613882369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>The PM confused a piece of wood for a gun and killed waste picker Dierson Gomes da Silva with a rifle shot. In Bras\u00edlia, the PM flirts with Bolsonarism, chats, and even takes photos during the attack and vandalism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The survey mentioned above by AJOR was carried out by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3W5Y09s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Ponte Jornalismo<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wadK0R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published on December 13 of last year<\/a>. That was the day when radicalized supporters of the former president, outraged by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2cjnYEe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Lula<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/31TlG7Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PT<\/a>) being certified by the Superior Electoral Court (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VCYqVJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSE<\/a>)\u2014closing the window for any possible challenges on his election\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XiLF2N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set fire to cars and buses<\/a>, tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3X0SYwd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throw a burning bus off an overpass<\/a>, raided commercial establishments, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IE3RzM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorized children<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3X17MuL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spread gas cylinders through the streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of this was duly recorded and broadcast by the Bolsonarists themselves, who call themselves \u201cpatriots\u201d on social media. This is exactly what happened again in the criminal acts of January 8, classified as <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3k7uPW7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domestic terrorism<\/a> by part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Guam5A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazilian media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73471\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Por-dentro_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73471\" title=\"Damaged furniture and windows in the Federal Senate. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Por-dentro_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Damaged furniture and windows in the Federal Senate. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil\" width=\"670\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Por-dentro_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Por-dentro_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Por-dentro_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1-943x629.jpg 943w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/estragos-manifestacao_Por-dentro_Marcelo-Camargo_Agencia-Brasil-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damaged furniture and windows in the Federal Senate. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They do not accept the result of the 2022 election and the beginning of the Lula&#8217;s administration. The president-elect <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Gx4Fno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took office on January 1<\/a> in a ceremony broadcast by TV channels and attended by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3QBdqBu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">73 foreign delegations and 11 heads of State<\/a>, as well as representatives from the three branches of government: Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cextremists\u201d and \u201cradicals\u201d insist on contesting the result of the electoral process already endorsed by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Uvj3m2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">without any proof<\/a>, even though Lula <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VCYqVJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the elections with 50.90% of the votes<\/a>\u20142,139,645 votes ahead of former president Jair Bolsonaro (who received 49.10% of the vote). In a tweet, Complexo do Alem\u00e3o activist <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1sSPDkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rene Silva<\/a> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Perdemos a elei\u00e7\u00e3o passada, mas n\u00e3o fizemos isso. Protestamos? sim! Fomos contra Bolsonaro? sim! Mas aceitamos democraticamente porque acreditamos no sistema eleitoral do nosso pa\u00eds. \u00c9 preciso saber ganhar e perder, gente.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rene Silva &#x1f1e7;&#x1f1f7; (@eurenesilva) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eurenesilva\/status\/1612231724968153088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>We lost the last election, but we didn&#8217;t do this. Did we protest? Yes! Did we go against Bolsonaro? Yes! But we accepted it democratically because we believe in our country&#8217;s electoral system. You&#8217;ve got to learn to win and lose, people.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In broad daylight, waving Brazilian flags, flashing smartphones and wearing Brazilian national football team jerseys, on Sunday afternoon <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.it\/3vZhQsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thousands of protesters stormed and plundered<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3WgHB2h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planalto Presidential Palace<\/a>, the Federal Supreme Court (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3g8Bslu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STF<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3irSJHj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Congress<\/a>: Brazilian democracy&#8217;s most iconic buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey set fire to buses, try to blow up the airport, invade and tear up the Planalto Palace, Congress and the STF, but it&#8217;s in the favela that they confuse an umbrella for a rifle,\u201d criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IKuJ0T\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preta Ferreira<\/a>, singer and <em>artivist<\/em> of the struggle for housing in the Homeless Movement of Downtown S\u00e3o Paulo (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3CDldcf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSTC<\/a>). She has been criminalized by the S\u00e3o Paulo Police and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3QFtL8q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent 109 days in prison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73472\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_08_012023_Agencia-Brasil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73472\" title=\"Protesters invade Congress, the and the Planalto Palace. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_08_012023_Agencia-Brasil.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters invade Congress, the and the Planalto Palace. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil\" width=\"670\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_08_012023_Agencia-Brasil.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_08_012023_Agencia-Brasil-620x371.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_08_012023_Agencia-Brasil-1051x629.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manifestacao_mcamgo_08_012023_Agencia-Brasil-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters invade Congress, the Supreme Court and the Planalto Palace. Photo: Marcelo Camargo\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attack on the Brazilian Republic was compared to that in the United States two years prior by Minister of Justice <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZuX0P3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fl\u00e1vio Dino<\/a>\u2014and by international media, such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZnYb2R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a>\u2014<\/em>as the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3W0eShT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazilian Capitol [Riots]<\/a>.\u201d &#8220;Yesterday, we experienced the Brazilian Capitol [Riots], but with two differences. The first is that there were no casualties and the second is that there are more arrests here than there,&#8221; said Dino, referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/3X7bqDD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invasion of the U.S. Capitol<\/a> on January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Following the attacks, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3k8AOu5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by the newspaper <em>Nexo<\/em><\/a>, President Lula decreed <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3k3yfJN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal intervention<\/a> in Bras\u00edlia\u2014whereby the nation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yvBjTj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal District<\/a>&#8216;s public security would be federally controlled due to the negligence of local police on Sunday the 8th. In the early hours of January 9, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3k9h6hu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judge Alexandre de Moraes<\/a>, of the Supreme Court, ordered the removal of the Federal District governor, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3vXtgwM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibaneis Rocha<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/37sUbp8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MDB<\/a>), from office for 90 days. In his decision, Moraes said there had been &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3vUJGWM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">omission and collusion of several security and intelligence officials<\/a>,&#8221; referring to the rapid escalation of violence in the anti-democratic acts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Quantas crian\u00e7as teriam levado bala desses mesmos policiais se essa cena fosse em uma favela? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSWYmiqht1\">pic.twitter.com\/kSWYmiqht1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ale Santos (@Savagefiction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Savagefiction\/status\/1612204369470181377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>How many children would have been shot by these same police officers had this taken place in a favela?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Both decisions were in reponse to a possible &#8220;meekness&#8221; shown in the lack of response by the Federal District&#8217;s police and governor to the arrival of dozens of buses full of people participating in the coup attempt. As was widely shared on social media, they didn&#8217;t just organize anti-democratic acts but also incited the invasion of the three seats of power in Bras\u00edlia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">O privil\u00e9gio branco te permite invadir pr\u00e9dios p\u00fablicos, espancar jornalistas, policiais, e sair ileso. Inacredit\u00e1vel o que aconteceu na Pra\u00e7a dos Tr\u00eas Poderes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pedro Borges (@pedroborgesf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pedroborgesf\/status\/1612193254241406979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> White privilege allows you to invade public buildings, beat up journalists, police, and leave unscathed. Unbelievable what&#8217;s happened at the Three Powers Plaza.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The supposed &#8220;demonstrators&#8221; were escorted by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2WQxnqh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military Police<\/a> along the Ministries Esplanade without any resistance from security forces. A small contingent of agents tried to stop the group with pepper spray but the barrier was easily broken through and the Three Powers Plaza taken over.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Nenhuma pessoa baleada? Nenhuma bala perdida? Bras\u00edlia n\u00e3o \u00e9 favela.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lana de Holanda &#x1f1e7;&#x1f1f7;&#x1f3f3;&#xfe0f;&#x200d;&#x26a7;&#xfe0f; (@lanadeholanda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lanadeholanda\/status\/1612181712838033408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> No one has been shot? Not a single stray bullet? Bras\u00edlia is not the favela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Videos that circulated online document police officers calmly filming the invasion, posing for photos with the invaders inside the Senate building, showing them where to go, and even calmly chatting with them.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnKlhUOK-Re\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Ver essa foto no Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnKlhUOK-Re\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Tali\u0301ria Petrone (@taliriapetrone)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> We&#8217;re facing an attempted coup! The extreme-right in Brazil wants to impose their authoritarianism over our Constitution. It&#8217;s time for the broadest unity to make them go back to the gutter. Calling for them all to be identified and held accountable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This police behavior is in contrast with the excessive use of force by police in demonstrations demanding the rights of teachers, students, and social movements, and above all the protests by residents of favelas and the urban periphery of Rio de Janeiro, and daily police operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnMgQo7ppJx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Ver essa foto no Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CnMgQo7ppJx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Ma\u00edra Azevedo (@tiamaoficial)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> What&#8217;s the justification for the differential treatment?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;For the favela: Armed Forces, Army, Military Police, Civil Police, <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3xQkRuZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CORE<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3QyXbFb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BOPE<\/a>, and even the Federal Highway Police. For the terrorists: A handshake, a selfie, and all the space they want to destroy the public and historic heritage of the Brazilian people, which THEY&#8217;RE NOT PART OF,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3CDXoAW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protested Kananda Ferreira<\/a>, resident and photographer from Mar\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1cWno5Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raull Santiago<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3Zs07ap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Straight Talk Collective<\/a> in Complexo do Alem\u00e3o, also <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3iscsec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used social media<\/a> to emphasize how the anti-democratic actions in Bras\u00edlia make explicit the institutional racism of the police:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Eis a expl\u00edcita estrutura de um pa\u00eds racista, onde a fr\u00e1gil democracia nunca foi garantida em igualdade para todas as pessoas.<br \/>\nUm protesto na FAVELA, muitas vezes \u00e9 reprimindo com extrema viol\u00eancia j\u00e1 no in\u00edcio. Enquanto isso, invadem a maior estrutura do pa\u00eds com essa \u201cleveza\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Santiago, Raull. CPX &#x1f49b;&#x1f49a;&#x1f1e7;&#x1f1f7; (@raullsantiago) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raullsantiago\/status\/1612195692054822914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Here&#8217;s the explicit structure of a racist country, where the fragile demoncracy has never been guaranteed equally for everyone. A protest in the FAVELA is often repressed with extreme violence from the start. Meanwhile, they invade the largest structure in the country with this &#8220;levity&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3CG6ZHs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonas Di Andrade<\/a>, from the internationally-renowned community newspaper <em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Iv4H5h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voz das Comunidades<\/a><\/em>, reminded that it&#8217;s not just the favela which is repressed with excessive force, but also teachers&#8217; protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Quando professores v\u00e3o \u00e0s ruas, quando estudantes v\u00e3o \u00e0s ruas, quando trabalhadores, m\u00e3es de favela, que tiveram seus filhos mortos pela PM, v\u00e3o \u00e0s ruas, o tratamento \u00e9 de extrema viol\u00eancia. J\u00e1 com os v\u00e2ndalos bolsonaristas quebrando tudo no Congresso Nacional n\u00e3o acontece nada.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonas Di Andrade (@jonasdiandrade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonasdiandrade\/status\/1612166873163988997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>When teachers take to the streets, when students take to the streets, when workers, favela mothers whose children have been killed by the Military Police, when they take to the streets they&#8217;re treated with extreme violence. But when Bolsonarist vandals break everything in the National Congress, nothing happens at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Monday, January 9, the heads of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches published a joint statement defending democracy. In the document, the leaders repudiate and classify the actions that took over Bras\u00edlia as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3GUf2Da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acts of terrorism and vandalism, with criminal intent, and attempted coup<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Responses to the Attacks<\/h3>\n<p>In a historic scene, President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3isO7VC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walked alongside Judge Rosa Weber from the Federal Supreme Court and 27 state governors<\/a> from the Three Powers Plaza to the plundered court building. &#8220;They want a coup, but there won&#8217;t be a coup. They need to learn that democracy is the most difficult thing for us to do because it requires us to tolerate others, it requires living with those we don&#8217;t like,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/glo.bo\/3GAtcb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affirmed Lula<\/a> in a meeting with the heads of government branches and state governors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnPAQVHuGYx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Ver essa foto no Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CnPAQVHuGYx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Sheila de Carvalho (@she_carvalho)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script> First week of government in two images.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fulfilling orders from the STF minister, a joint operation by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2F5OUag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Police<\/a> and the Army <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ZoxHOy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismantled<\/a> the Bolsonaro supporters&#8217; camp that had <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3GUaI6L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been set up in front of the Army headquarters in the Federal District for over two months<\/a>. Similar actions were carried out in at least 23 Brazilian states, including Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Justice and Public Security Fl\u00e1vio Dino informed that over <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3X1Ca8q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1,500 people<\/a> had been arrested or detained for crimes carried out on January 8. They were taken to the Federal Police Academy, had their fingerprints taken, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3QqCw64\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will be charged with crimes<\/a> such as terrorism and attacks against democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, people took to the streets in demonstrations defending democracy in various Brazilian state capitals. The largest took place in S\u00e3o Paulo which occupied six blocks on Avenida Paulista.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">Cinel\u00e2ndia lotada no Rio de Janeiro! Rea\u00e7\u00e3o imediata ao golpismo fascista, chega! SEM ANISTIA! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iwxHfGRr90\">pic.twitter.com\/iwxHfGRr90<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matheus Gomes (@matheuspggomes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matheuspggomes\/status\/1612570217514782726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> Cinel\u00e2ndia in Rio de Janeiro packed! Immediate reaction to the fascist coup, enough! NO AMNESTY!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Rio de Janeiro, even with the rainy weather, the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2NKeRfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cinel\u00e2ndia<\/a> square in front of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2dJAfCK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City Council<\/a> building was occupied by hundreds of protesters. Many wore <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3SIwxZO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the CPX cap<\/a> with the acronym used for &#8220;Favela Complex&#8221; in Rio, in particular Complexo do Alem\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"pt\">O CPX esteve presente no ato de ontem em defesa da democracia. Favelas na luta! &#x270a;&#x1f3fe; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FD6JkHhXXr\">pic.twitter.com\/FD6JkHhXXr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonas Di Andrade (@jonasdiandrade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonasdiandrade\/status\/1612774327643947010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>CPX is present at yesterday&#8217;s demonstration in defense of democracy. Favelas in the fight!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;No Amnesty:&#8221; What Does This Mean?<\/h3>\n<p>The phrase &#8220;no amnesty&#8221; has become popular since it was <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3k4AJHL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chanted by the crowd<\/a> at President Lula&#8217;s inauguration ceremony. Amnesty is an official pardon which erases someone&#8217;s conviction and its consequences. It&#8217;s granted by National Congress via a federal law.<\/p>\n<p>With the loss of legal protections on leaving the presidency, former president Jair Bolsonaro\u2014who has <a href=\"https:\/\/reut.rs\/3Xbbq5l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no parliamentary mandate for the first time in 31 years<\/a>\u2014could face a series of court cases.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_73479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73479\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-73479\" title=\"Protest defending democracy in Cinel\u00e2ndia in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Fernando Fraz\u00e3o\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil\" src=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177-839x629.jpg 839w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mg_0177-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest defending democracy in Cinel\u00e2ndia in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Fernando Fraz\u00e3o\/Ag\u00eancia Brasil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">About the author:\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3o2YA7Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3o2YA7Q\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Tatiana Lima<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0is a journalist and popular communicator at heart. A black feminist, member of Complexo do Alem\u00e3o\u2019s\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mZf3bS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mZf3bS\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Researchers in Movement Study Group<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">, she is currently special reporter with RioOnWatch. A fair-skinned black woman, born and raised in a favela, Lima currently lives in Rio\u2019s periphery and is a doctoral student at the Fluminense Federal University (<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2J7BN7l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2J7BN7l\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">UFF<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">).<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Support\u00a0RioOnWatch\u2019s tireless, critical and cutting-edge hyperlocal journalism, online community organizing meetings, and direct support to favelas\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/FavelaCovidResponse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">by clicking here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas This article is part of RioOnWatch\u2019s\u00a0#VoicesFromSocialMedia\u00a0series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise.\u00a0 Criminal attacks against the federal government <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=73468\" title=\"Permissiveness for the Self-Described &#8216;Patriots.&#8217; Bullets for the Favelas. 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