Rio favela residents protest deadly police raid

(22 Jul 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro - 21 July 2022 1. Protesters yelling UPSOUND (Portuguese) "Killer police!" As an armoured police truck passes by 2. Protesters holding a banner that reads (Portuguese) "Out of favelas! Killer police!" 3. Various of police removing burning tires from a road 4. Police commanders arriving at the news conference 5. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Fabiano Oliveira, CORE (Civil Police Special Unit) Coordinator: "The criminals are obliging part of the population to disturb and interrupt the police operation so they can run away. This is very clear in Rio de Janeiro." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro - 22 July 2022 6. Police cars patrolling the Alemão Favela Complex 7. Various of police stopping motorcycles and cars 8. Policeman patrolling with a rifle ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro - 21 July 2022 9. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Ronaldo Oliveira, Civil Police Operational: "We collected intelligence data from leaderships of this criminal faction demanding that the 'drug soldiers' did not retreat, and those who did would suffer retaliation. It is one more action from this faction that has confrontation as a characteristic." ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio de Janeiro - 22 July 2022 10. Various of Alemão Favela Complex street scenes STORYLINE: A raid of Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections. Residents of Complexo do Alemão protested Thursday's police operation, alleging excessive force and police violence. Thursday's operation was aimed at locating and arresting criminal leaders, some from other states, police said in an early statement. "The criminals are obliging part of the population to disturb and interrupt the police operation so they can run away," said Civil Police Special Unit Coordinator, Fabiano Oliveira at a press conference.   Rio authorities said 16 suspected criminals were killed in confrontations with police in Complexo do Alemão, along with a police officer and a woman. A police spokesman said the raid targeted a criminal group that stole cars and robbed banks and invaded nearby neighbourhoods. Rio's police have used helicopters to shoot at targets, even in densely populated residential areas, and video showed shots being fired from the favela at the aircraft. Alemao is a complex of 13 favelas in northern Rio, home to about 70,000 people. Nearly three-quarters of them are Afro-Brazilians, according to a July 2020 study published by the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economical Analyses. Earlier this year, Brazil's Supreme Court established a series of conditions for police to conduct raids in Rio's favelas as a means to reduce police killings and violations of human rights. The court ordered that lethal force be used only in situations in which all other means have been exhausted and when necessary to protect life. The ruling came in response to a raid on the Jacarezinho favela in 2021 that resulted in 28 people being killed. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   #favela #rio #protest You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...