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March 24, 2011 5:57 PM
(CBS/Reuters) A Brazilian court ordered the arrest of police officers who were filmed torturing and shooting a 14-year-old boy in August of last year.
The security camera video - released for the first time this week - showed four police officers firing a gun at the boy during a raid in a poor district of the Amazon city of Manaus.
The boy, who was shot five times in More..the chest area, was hospitalized and has recovered fully.
Three other policemen who do not appear in the footage were also arrested while the investigation is being carried out.
They claim to have fired against the boy in self-defense after they found a gun near him.
The seven officers will remain in prison until the end of the investigation. The boy and his family were included in a program that protects crime victims and witnesses.
Originally posted by CosmicCitizen
Damn them to Hell!!!!
edit on 25-3-2011 by CosmicCitizen because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Nebulous1973
reply to post by Ben81
Dude I'm having a hard time reading your post.Do you know what a complete sentence is? Perhaps a little proof reading before hitting the post button.I'm sorry but I just have a thing about getting information from someone who can't even write a complete sentence.I really mean no disrespect but perhaps if it is pointed out to you you'll be smarter for it next time.
Originally posted by Ben81
reply to post by phishyblankwaters
Yes .. pure miracle .. i would be dead by now
like some have stated in the comment sections ... divine intervention ?
or protected by an angel
maybe we never know
one thing we know .. this boy is made of steel
Originally posted by Nebulous1973
reply to post by Ben81
Dude I'm having a hard time reading your post.Do you know what a complete sentence is? Perhaps a little proof reading before hitting the post button.I'm sorry but I just have a thing about getting information from someone who can't even write a complete sentence.I really mean no disrespect but perhaps if it is pointed out to you you'll be smarter for it next time.
Originally posted by SirMike
Were these blanks or rubber bullets? The kid wasnt even bleeding.
Originally posted by Nebulous1973
reply to post by Ben81
Dude I'm having a hard time reading your post.Do you know what a complete sentence is? Perhaps a little proof reading before hitting the post button.I'm sorry but I just have a thing about getting information from someone who can't even write a complete sentence.I really mean no disrespect but perhaps if it is pointed out to you you'll be smarter for it next time.
Originally posted by fixedworld
This is sickening, but this is what they do in the slums of brazi.
i was there in sao paulo a few years ago and we heard stories about how the police brought and shot the homeless kids in the mountains
Originally posted by PoorFool
I've looked through all the Brazilian sources I could find and I found nothing that confirms it was rubber bullets.
Originally posted by don rumsfeld
Originally posted by fixedworld
This is sickening, but this is what they do in the slums of brazi.
i was there in sao paulo a few years ago and we heard stories about how the police brought and shot the homeless kids in the mountains
I remember this. It was in the late 80's if memory serves.
I heard it was in Rio & they were finding those homeless
kids shot execution style in alleys almost daily. Nobody knew
who was doing it, then turns out it was the Rio Police.