{"id":32770,"date":"2021-07-21T20:57:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/?post_type=noticia&#038;p=32770"},"modified":"2021-07-29T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T18:09:47","slug":"sao-paulo-prosecutors-office-denounces-13-military-police-for-massacre-in-paraisopolis-and-calls-for-compensation-for-material-and-moral-damages","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/sao-paulo-prosecutors-office-denounces-13-military-police-for-massacre-in-paraisopolis-and-calls-for-compensation-for-material-and-moral-damages\/","title":"S\u00e3o Paulo Prosecutor\u00b4s Office denounces 13 military police for massacre in Parais\u00f3polis and calls for \u201ccompensation for material and moral damages\u201d","content":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_1\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday (19) the S\u00e3o Paulo Public Prosecutor\u00b4s Office (MPSP) denounced 13 military police officers in connection with an action that led to the deaths of nine young people during a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">funk party in Parais\u00f3polis, in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo (SP), at the end of 2019. Twelve military police officers (PMs) were accused of negligent homicide \u2013 in which a person takes the risk of killing. Another officer was accused of \u201cthe crime of putting lives in danger through explosion\u201d. The 1st Jury Court of Barra Funda is to decide whether the denouncement will be accepted or not.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Public Prosecutor\u00b4s Office, the police officers risked killing people during what was dubbed Operation Pancad\u00e3o, at a location where there were hundreds of people. The denouncement calls on the Court \u201cto set a minimum value for compensation of the material and moral damages caused by the infractions\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another passage of the text, the Prosecutor states that the operation was \u201ca serious violation of the rights of the people who were at the party<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;and of the people who live in Parais\u00f3polis\u201d.&nbsp;The prosecutors also stated that police officers attacked people with \u201cblows with truncheons, bottles and iron bars and used pepper spray. In addition, one of the officers threw a mortar into the crowd\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>For further reading:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/conectas-calls-for-strict-inquiry-into-deaths-caused-by-military-police-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Conectas calls for strict inquiry into deaths caused by military police action<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/military-police-internal-affairs-office-concludes-that-deaths-in-paraisopolis-resulted-from-police-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Military Police internal affairs office concludes that deaths in Parais\u00f3polis resulted from police action<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Gabriel Sampaio, coordinator of the Conectas programme to Combat Institutional Violence, \u201cthe denouncement by the Public Prosecutor\u00b4s Office signals an important step towards the accountability of the officers who abused their power and used arbitrary force, which resulted in the massacre of young people, most of whom were black and underprivileged, from the Parais\u00f3polis community\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Remembering the Parais\u00f3polis massacre<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A violent action by the 16th Military Police Battalion in S\u00e3o Paulo against hundreds of people, who were at a funk party in Parais\u00f3polis, left nine young people dead. They were between 14 and 23 years old. The location is made up of narrow streets, many of which are dead ends making it impossible for people to flee from the attacks by the police which led to considerable confusion and people being trampled.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a report published in March 2020, the Military Police internal affairs office concluded that the deaths were the result of the police action but stated that the officers did not commit a crime and that they acted in legitimate defence, which is an argument used as justification for requesting the absolvement of the military police officers involved in the case.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June 2021, however, the Civil Police indicted nine police officers for manslaughter, in other words, when there is no intention to kill, unlike the recent denouncement by the Public Prosecutor\u00b4s Office stating that the military police officers acted freely and did not comply with the guidelines set out by their corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"tts__custom-position_bottom_fixed\" ><\/div>","excerpt":"<p>On Monday (19) the S\u00e3o Paulo Public Prosecutor\u00b4s Office (MPSP) denounced 13 military police officers in connection with an action that led to the de&#8230;<\/p>\n","author":26,"featured_media":32733,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[7],"tags":[12688,13],"tema":[12270],"class_list":["post-32770","noticia","type-noticia","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-paraisopolis-en","tag-second-tag","tema-confronting-institutional-violence"],"acf":{"subtitle-pt":"According to prosecutors, the operation at a funk party was a \u201cserious violation of the rights \u201d of the people who were 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