BRASILIA – Several justices from Brazil’s Supreme Court say a ruling last year that banned police operations in Rio de Janeiro favelas, or slums, must now be reviewed after one of the city’s deadliest police operations.
Brazil’s Supreme Court issued a ruling last year prohibiting police operations in Rio’s favelas during the pandemic unless “absolutely exceptional.” In a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Saturday, Supreme Court justice Marco Aurélio Mello said the May 6 raid should be investigated, but didn’t say whether it violated the earlier ruling.
Rather, he said that the court’s ruling should have been reviewed as the pandemic persisted. “The decision stemmed from an assumption that the injunction would be temporary and