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Murders caused by police officers

Outnumber rogues, says Ipea

(IPEA) - foundation Institute of Applied Economic Research

SEE IN WHICH STATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DEATHS CAUSED BY THE POLICE AND THE LATROCONES IS GREATER

SÃO PAULO - POLICE KILLED MORE THAN THIEVES IN 2015, ACCORDING TO IPEA RESEARCH RELEASED EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE NUMBER OF ROBBERIES (ROBBERIES FOLLOWED BY DEATH) IN BRAZIL IN 2015 WAS 2,314; THE MURDERS BY POLICE INTERVENTION WERE 3,320.

The data takes into account only the cases in which a robbery culminated in death, not the total number of homicides, which was much higher (59,000, according to the survey).

In absolute numbers, the states where the police kill the most are, in order, Sao Paulo (848 deaths), Rio de Janeiro (645 deaths) and Bahia (299).
Of the 3,320 murders committed by police in 2015 throughout the country, 53.5% were in service (a total of 1,778 deaths); About 13.7% out of service (455 deaths); And the other 1087 were not specified in the Ipea report, as some states do not disclose the detailed data.

When one considers the difference between deaths by police and robberies, Rio de Janeiro is the leading state: police killed almost five times more than thieves.

There were 645 deaths by police, compared to 133 deaths by robbery, a difference of 512 deaths. Rio does not differentiate the deaths caused by police in service and out of service in its reports.

The São Paulo index is also significant, from 848 deaths per policeman to 356 per robbery, more than double.

In most of the states analyzed, however, the number of robberies was higher than that of police deaths. Much of the national difference can be explained only by data from Rio, São Paulo, Paraná and Bahia.

Alert

In the Atlas of Violence, compiled by Ipea with data from the IBGE and the Ministry of Health, the researchers warn of the connivance of society with abusive use of police power and summary executions.

The research cites Brazil's conviction in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), in relation to the massacres in the favela do Alemão in 1994 and 1995, but whose result only came out in February of this year.

The country will be required to publish a report on police deaths in all states. In addition, it will have a year to ensure that such cases are investigated by a body independent of the public force involved, a judicial authority or the Public Prosecution Service.

Here are the states where the difference is greatest:

EXAME.com calculated the difference between the deaths caused by police, provided by the Atlas of Violence, and the robberies of each state, given by the 10th Brazilian Public Security Yearbook, of the Public Security Forum.

In the table, the negative numbers mean that there are more deaths by robbery than by police officers.

local	cops	Latrocínios	diference
Brasil	3320	2.314	1006
Rio de Janeiro	645	133	512
São Paulo	848	356	492
Paraná	241	117	124
Bahia	299	207	92
Alagoas	97	54	43
Amapá	38	17	21
Ceará	86	65	21
Rio Grande do Norte	76	58	18
Mato Grosso do Sul	45	36	9
Goiás	141	137	4
Minas Gerais	105	103	2
Maranhão	117	117	0
Roraima	6	9	-3
Sergipe	43	47	-4
Tocantins	5	9	-4
Santa Catarina	63	70	-7
Pará	180	191	-11
Espírito Santo	24	37	-13
Paraíba	15	30	-15
Rondônia	7	15	-23
Piauí	18	47	-29
Amazonas	45	76	-31
Rio Grande do Sul	107	140	-33
Distrito Federal	10	49	-39
Mato Grosso	8	68	-60
Pernambuco	51	116	-65
Acre	–	10	sem dados

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