Brazil child's death spotlights police killings

[Bacchus39]

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(AP) — The last time Juan Moraes' mother saw him alive, she asked the 11-year-old and his brother to run an errand. On their way back, her two boys ran into police gunfire.

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Investigators didn't visit the scene until a week later. By then, the only trace left of Juan was one lilac flip-flop, smeared with blood — a sandal the child had borrowed from his mother. His body was found three days later, dumped in a river near police headquarters, 11 miles (18 kilometers) from where he was shot.

In the last five years, officers in Rio have killed on average 3.5 people per day, according to an Associated Press analysis of police data. Just a decade ago the force gave cash bonuses to officers who killed suspects in firefights.

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"Under previous governments, it was the Wild West: you go to war, you're rewarded," Duarte said, referring to a state policy in the 1990s that gave officers promotions and cash bonuses for engaging alleged criminals in shootouts that resulted in death.

[naaman fletcher]

1. horrible. K&R. nt