Children hold drawings that represent their experiences of living in the Mare favela at an event to launch the book titled “I was supposed to be at school” in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 25, 2024. Dozens of kids and teenagers from one of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent favelas gathered on Monday to celebrate their most important piece of work yet: a book that aims to show authorities how they see police violence in their Maré community from a young age.
“Some policemen invade our houses. They turn things upside down, they attack, they even steal our food,” according to one child’s account in the book, which launched Monday. “Sometimes police fire at children, too,” another account says, going on to reference 14-year-old Marcus Vinícius da Silva, whose death in 2018 sparked outrage and protests. Residents say police shot him in the back as he left home for class, but the case remains unsolved and sealed by Rio police.The book’s phrases came directly from the youngsters and collected in partnership with nonprofit Redes da Mare, according to creator Isabel Malzoni.
FILE - Police from the Dog Action Battalion patrol the Complexo da Mare favela during an operation targeting drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2022.
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