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Jair Bolsonaro says criminals will 'die like cockroaches' under proposed new laws
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 05, 2019 07:55pm |
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| Author | Tom Phillips |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 6, 2019 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has said he hopes criminals will “die in the streets like cockroaches” as a result of hard-line legislation he is pushing to shield security forces and citizens who shoot alleged offenders from prosecution.
In an interview broadcast on Monday, Bolsonaro said he hoped Congress would approve his controversial plans to expand the so-called excludente de ilicitude – an article in Brazil’s criminal code that makes some normally illegal acts permissible.
Activists fear that could cause a bloodbath, but Bolsonaro claimed it would provide much-needed “legal cover” to police officers who used lethal force in the line of duty and bring a “dramatic” drop in violence.
“These guys [criminals] are going to die in the streets like cockroaches [if such protections are approved] – and that’s how it should be,” he said. |
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