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[–] HandOfDoom@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Last year in Brazil a rich right wing white man opened fire on the federal police and even threw grenades at them.

Here's a picture of him talking to the police after the shooting (he's the old guy on the left): https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2022/10/ED_VIS_241022_IL_PF_JEFFERSON_frame_935.jpeg?w=876&h=484&crop=1

I wonder what would have happened to him if he was a poor black man.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More specifically, he was part of the fascist group supporting the coup at the time.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To be clear, he still supports it.

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Ahh sounds like got some of that high quality old whyte clown culture like in America. Amazing how these people act the same cross border lol

[–] AlbigensianGhoul@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Just to clear it up a bit, these are three different operations in three different states with three different intents and even different targets. While sad, the framing makes it seem like it was all one big coordinated effort by the "Brazilian Police," which is actually divided in command on a state level (and are very independent from the government). For the Yankees, it'd be like reporting people killed in USA police operations in California and New York in a single breath. This is a common trick of Gringo news to make it seem like third world countries are more dangerous than they actually are, coupled with only reporting on them when tragedies happen.

[–] Marxine@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

ACAB still checks out outside the USA as well. Police are trained to only defend the bourgeoisie whose boots they lick clean every day.

[–] Lemmylaugh@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Who’s the king pin that they got in that operation?