"Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Rio favela that this week suffered the deadliest police operation in Brazilian history to demand an inquiry into the killings and an end to security policies that have turned working-class neighbourhoods into war zones. At least 121 people, including four police officers, were killed on Tuesday during a police assault on the Complexo da Penha and the Complexo do Alemao, two large tapestries of favelas in north Rio."
"The operation made global headlines when scores of mutilated bodies were dumped at the entrance to one of those favelas. On Friday afternoon, white-clad demonstrators gathered on Vila Cruzeiro's football pitch to condemn the violence and demand the removal of Rio's rightwing governor, Claudio Castro, who ordered the offensive. One woman wore Brazil's green and yellow flag over her shoulders, stained with red paint."
"We don't want a Rio de Janeiro of blood. We have to stop this blood that is being spilled in Rio de Janeiro, protester Raimunda Leone, who lives in a nearby community called Chapadao, told the favela news agency Voz das Comunidades. No mother wants to see her son splayed out on the ground, riddled with bullets."
"All of us feel devastated, said Jurema Werneck, the director of Amnesty International Brazil. It's so sad to see what's happening in our communities. It's terrible what the people who live there are going through Those who live in war zones will understand this pain, this despair and this revolt."
At least 121 people, including four police officers, were killed during a police assault on the Complexo da Penha and the Complexo do Alemao in north Rio. Scores of mutilated bodies were dumped at the entrance to one favela. Thousands of residents protested in Vila Cruzeiro, wearing white and carrying banners reading 'Favela Lives Matter', calling for an inquiry and the removal of Governor Claudio Castro. Protesters demanded an end to security policies that turn working-class neighbourhoods into war zones. Amnesty International described the community's devastation. Police officials defended the operation as a response to the Red Command drug faction's expansion.
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