"A city council member and her driver were shot to death by two unidentified attackers on a downtown street Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro... on Saturday accused officers of being overly aggressive in searching residents of gang-controlled shantytowns" https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/03/14/world/americas/ap-lt-brazil-rio-council-slaying.html …
Kiratiana Freelon: "#MarielleFranco ... died fighting for the rights of women and favela dwellers. As a councilwoman from the Maré favela, she denounced the police brutality that favela residents, most of them black, regularly experienced.https://www.theroot.com/say-her-name-marielle-franco-a-brazilian-politician-w-1823812564 …
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"an open letter by international activists, writers, journalists, film-makers, politicians and actors has called for an investigation of [Rio de Janeiro councillor
#MarielleFranco's] murder by an independent commission"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/22/marielle-franco-inquiry-letter-urges-brazil-authorities …Show this thread -
“As black feminist scholars from the United States whose work focuses on racism, sexism, and anti-black violence in Brazil ... We are aware of the transnational significance of Marielle’s murder and its links to global practices of anti-black genocide”http://www.theblackscholar.org/on-the-imperative-of-transnational-solidarity-a-u-s-black-feminist-statement-on-the-assassination-of-marielle-franco/ …
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@TheRealNews reports on how the assassination of Brazilian anti-police violence and lgbtq activist#MarielleFranco has sparked a movementhttps://youtu.be/Nfs2a1BS0FcShow this thread
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