RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A study released on Wednesday, December 9th, by the Safety Observatory Network indicates that police lethality is much higher among blacks.
Data collected in five states - São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco - point out that the black population dies the most because of the police, either in absolute numbers or proportionally. The researchers' attention was drawn to the glaring contrast in some cases, which clearly shows that racism is institutionalized.
Bahia was the most impressive, where 97% of the 650 people killed by the police last year were black. In Pernambuco, this . . .
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