{"id":8511,"date":"2013-06-18T04:41:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T04:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/brazilians-protest-against-police-brutality\/"},"modified":"2013-06-18T04:41:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T04:41:30","slug":"brazilians-protest-against-police-brutality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/brazilians-protest-against-police-brutality\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilians Protest Against Police Brutality"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{More than 100,000 people were in the streets Monday for largely peaceful protests in at least eight big cities. }} <\/p>\n

They were in large part motivated by widespread images of Sao Paulo police last week beating demonstrators and firing rubber bullets into groups during a march that drew 5,000.<\/p>\n

There was some violence, with police and protesters clashing in Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte. <\/p>\n

The newspaper O Globo, citing Rio state security officials, said at least 20 officers and 10 protesters were injured there.<\/p>\n

Monday’s protests come after the opening matches of soccer’s Confederations Cup over the weekend, just one month before a papal visit, a year before the World Cup and three years ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. <\/p>\n

The unrest is raising some security concerns, especially after the earlier protests produced injury-causing clashes with police.<\/p>\n

In Sao Paulo, Brazil’s economic hub, at least 65,000 protesters gathered Monday at a small, treeless plaza then broke into three directions in a Carnival atmosphere, with drummers beating out samba rhythms as people chanted anti-corruption jingles. <\/p>\n

They also railed against the matter that sparked the first protests last week \u2014 a 10-cent hike in bus and subway fares.<\/p>\n

Thousands of protesters in the capital, Brasilia, peacefully marched on Congress. Dozens scrambled up a ramp to a low-lying roof, clasping hands and raising their arms, the light from below sending their elongated shadows onto the structure’s large, hallmark upward-turned bowl designed by famed architect Oscar Niemeyer. <\/p>\n

Some congressional windows were broken, but police did not use force to contain the damage.<\/p>\n

“This is a communal cry saying: ‘We’re not satisfied,'” Maria Claudia Cardoso said on a Sao Paulo avenue, taking turns waving a sign reading “#revolution” with her 16-year-old son, Fernando, as protesters streamed by.<\/p>\n

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