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  • The shadows of police from a special operations battalion are cast on Avenida Brasil as they battle with alleged drug traffickers near an entrance to the Vila do Joao slum inside the Complexo da Mare in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian police killed more than 11,000 people between 2009 and 2013 for an average of six killings a day, according to a study released on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014 by the Sao Paulo-based Brazilian Forum on Public Safety. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
    Brazilian police kill about 6 people a day

    SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police killed more than 11,000 people between 2009 and 2013 for an average of six killings a day, a public safety NGO said Tuesday. The study by the Sao Paulo-based Brazilian Forum...

    • Posted November 11, 2014
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