Brazil's Bolsonaro unveils bill to protect police and soldiers who kill

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Brazil's Bolsonaro unveils bill to protect police and soldiers who kill

 

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on as he delivers a joint statement with China's President Xi Jinping after a bilateral meeting during the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday sent a proposal to Congress that seeks to offer greater protection to police and soldiers who kill while on specific operations, known as Guarantee of Law and Order (GLO) missions.

 

The highly divisive bill, which comes amid a sharp rise in killings by police across Brazil, is likely to face stiff opposition from some lawmakers and human rights groups.

 

It would reduce sentences, or even provide full judicial protection to officers who kill in situations in which they face "unfair, current or imminent aggression," either to themselves or another person. Examples of "unfair aggression" would include terrorism, and any "conduct capable of causing death or personal injury," such as carrying a firearm.

 

The bill is similar to part of an earlier, broader crime-fighting proposal, pushed by Justice Minister Sergio Moro, that also sought to offer greater protection to officers who kill.

 

Nonetheless, Moro's proposal is currently languishing in Congress, where lawmakers stripped the section offering police more cover, arguing that it could incentivize them to kill more.

 

Speaking about his proposal on Thursday, Bolsonaro said it would represent a "shift" in the fight against violence in Brazil.

 

"We will now depend on lawmakers, congressmen and senators to approve this," the far-right president said in Brasilia.

 

GLO missions are temporary military operations, created by direct order of the president, to tackle sporadic cases of uncontrollable violence or high-risk situations, such as international summits.

 

So far this year, Brazil has used GLO missions to provide security at the BRICs Summit in Brasilia, in the fight against Amazon rainforest fires, and in the transfer of high-risk prisoners to federal prisons.

 

Bolsonaro, a longtime advocate of preemptive police violence, has said that he would consider ending GLOs if lawmakers do not pass his bill.

 

(Reporting by Maria Carolina Marcello and Lisandra Paraguassu, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-11-22

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[sunnyboy2018]

Is there any place in Latin America that is not hęll at the moment?

[nobodysfriend]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It would reduce sentences, or even provide full judicial protection to officers who kill in situations in which they face "unfair, current or imminent aggression,"

That is legalized killing !

This Bolsonaro really is a fascist . Not only he forced the destruction of the amazonian rainforest , now he wants to legalize the killing of people who protest against him ?

How could people vote for a guy like this ? the only place he belongs to is prison .

 

[Cereal]

6 hours ago, sunnyboy2018 said:

Is there any place in Latin America that is not hęll at the moment?

Chile is pretty safe but the standards of the area.

[Cereal]

Three things will come of this bill/law:

 

1) The cops have a license to kill. They may as well all change their badge numbers to 007.

 

2) Everyone will want to become a cop.

 

3) Those that don't will be rich and powerful enough to own the cops.