Activists outraged after Rio lawmakers approve ‘wild west bonus’ for police who kill criminals
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from World news | The Guardian on (#70A58)
Similar legislation introduced in Rio in mid-1990s caused an explosion of extrajudicial killings in the city's favelas
Human rights activists have voiced outrage after Rio de Janeiro's parliament approved plans to pay police officers a wild west bonus" for neutralizing criminals" during operations.
The move is a throwback to the mid-1990s when Rio's then governor, Marcello Alencar, introduced similar legislation that caused an explosion of extrajudicial killings in the city's favelas.
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