Military policeman throws man from bridge - outrage in Brazil

Military policeman throws man from bridge - outrage in Brazil

A military police officer was arrested in Brazil after a video appeared that shows him how to throw a civilian over a bridge in São Paulo on Monday. The video triggered protests in the city.

shocking video ensures outrage

The video that was widespread on social media and the Brazilian press shows an official who grabs a civilian on her shirt and brings him to the edge of a bridge. A few moments later, the official lifts the man - who is apparently unarmed and does not resist - and pushes him over the edge.

public horror about the incident

The public prosecutor referred to the incident in a explanation as "frightening and absolutely unacceptable". The message said: "There is no other way to classify the pictures in which a military police officer throws a man off the bridge." The public prosecutor also pointed out that the video "clearly shows that the suspect was already overwhelmed by security forces who had the duty to bring him to a police station in order to document the incident."

arrest of the police officer and investigation

For the official Luan Felipe Alves, an arrest warrant was enacted, and it was taken into custody early Thursday morning. According to reports by Agencia Brasil, a preliminary pre -trial detention was later arranged by the military court of São Paulo, while the investigation into the incident was ongoing.

lawsuit against the police and survival issues

Alves stated before the military court that his goal was to immobilize the man because he had withdrawn from a police check and throw him on the floor. It is assumed that the man has survived the fall, and the authorities are looking for him to ask him, so agencia brasil

Legal challenges and media reactions

It is unclear the charges of Alves will be confronted, but his legal advisor explained that his arrest was "anticipation of the guilt". "The policeman is available to the courts, but preliminary detention was only a reaction to the public outcry," said the explanation published by CNN Brasil. Alves's legal team also expressed that the arrest did not "meet the requirements" and plan to apply for the release.

public protests and demands for changes

The military police in the state, including Alves, has withdrawn from their main tasks, while the incident and the civil servants involved are examined, reports Agencia Brasil. The State Secretary for Public Security of São Paulo, Guilherme Derrite, explained in a Video-Post had ordered the immediate removal of the police officers involved, and added that "such an attitude" deviates from the order of the military police.

The incident in the city in which the public rage over police violence grows caused excitement, including a case in which a police officer's out of service killed a man because he supposedly stole soap from a market, as Reuters reported. On Thursday, a protest against police violence broke out in São Paulo, in which the demonstrators called for Derrites. "We really have to be heard. We have to fight more and more. We have to take to expose the police, which is so violent in the state of São Paulo and in Brazil," said a demonstrator to Reuters.

internal affairs division determined

In an interview with cnn brasil declared the General Director of the military police of São Paulo, Cássio Araújo de Freitas that his Department of Inner Affairs examines the incidents of alleged police force.