{"id":3837,"date":"2014-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.conectas.org.inf.br\/wp\/noticias\/inquiries-and-indictments-whose-interests-are-served-by-this-justice-system\/"},"modified":"2018-01-29T19:08:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:08:16","slug":"inquiries-and-indictments-whose-interests-are-served-by-this-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"noticia","link":"https:\/\/conectas.org\/en\/noticias\/inquiries-and-indictments-whose-interests-are-served-by-this-justice-system\/","title":"Inquiries and indictments: whose interests are served by this Justice system?","content":"

In August 2013, a number of social movements and civil society organization submitted a complaint to the S\u00e3o Paulo State Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/u> requesting an investigation into the conduct of Colonel Ben Hur Junqueira, the Military Police commander in the police operation of June 13<\/u>. On that day, hundreds of people were arrested for verification for carrying vinegar, backpacks, cameras or just for being near the site of the demonstration protesting the price of public transport in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

The document<\/u> requested the Prosecutor\u2019s Office to file criminal charges against Colonel Junqueira given the evidence of illegal acts he committed as commander of the operation. We attached to the document a video recorded by the S\u00e3o Paulo Public Defender\u2019s Office, in which Junqueira clearly admitted to making arrests for verification, an unconstitutional procedure that is blatantly used to restrict the right to protest.<\/p>\n

More than 10 months after the demonstration took place, the State Prosecutor\u2019s Office has confirmed that a police inquiry will now be opened to investigate the colonel\u2019s conduct, a fairly timid response given the brutal police repression that the entire city witnessed.<\/p>\n

The complaint filed by the organizations last year already contained sufficient material evidence of illegal conduct by Junqueira, such as the video recorded by the Public Defender\u2019s Office. In addition to the video, dozens of police reports confirming the arrests for verification were also attached.<\/p>\n

As such, we consider it regrettable that the State Prosecutor\u2019s Office did not immediately request the opening of criminal proceedings against the colonel. It is important, with this in mind, to make sure that the investigation examines the facts of the case truthfully. We hope to see not only Junqueira held accountable, but also everyone else who was responsible for the police repression on June 13.<\/p>\n

To date, not a single police officer has been held accountable for the abuses committed against the demonstrators during the June protests, in spite of all the police violence. Meanwhile, the investigations, police inquiries and criminal proceedings against demonstrators have been ongoing and have even been intensified. The request for an investigation into a high-ranking military police officer is just one sign that we will not quietly accept the criminalization of social movements by the State.<\/p>\n

In another complaint filed in August 2013, the same organizations called on the Federal Prosecutor\u2019s Office to investigate, among other things, who in the S\u00e3o Paulo state government gave the order to arrest demonstrators for verification. An administrative proceeding has been opened in this case, but little progress has been made so far.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Police Inquiry No. 1\/2013, announced to much fanfare by the Public Security Department and by S\u00e3o Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin, is investigating demonstrators who were arrested without any legal basis, summoning and threatening people for simply taking part in the demonstrations. The difference in the commitment to these investigations clearly demonstrates the bias of the justice system, which ignores the abusive and illegal acts committed by officers with one hand and criminalizes demonstrations with the other, using increasingly more sophisticated mechanisms sponsored by our governments.<\/p>\n

Finally, it is crucial to remember that this violent state apparatus is the same one that for years now, and with much more brutality, has been victimizing our youth from poor neighborhoods and pursuing the mass incarceration of poor blacks, leaving in its wake a trail of countless anonymous victims.<\/p>\n

Signatories:<\/p>\n

Movimento Passe Livre<\/p>\n

M\u00e3es de Maio<\/p>\n

Sindicato dos Advogados de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

Marcha Mundial das Mulheres<\/p>\n

Instituto Praxis<\/p>\n

Conectas Direitos Humanos<\/p>\n

Associa\u00e7\u00e3o Crist\u00e3os pela Aboli\u00e7\u00e3o da Tortura<\/p>\n

Uneafro<\/p>\n

Pastoral Carcer\u00e1ria<\/p>\n

Intervozes<\/p>\n

Rede 2 de Outubro<\/p>\n

Rede Rua<\/p>\n

Margens Cl\u00ednicas<\/p>\n

Frente de Esculacho Popular<\/p>\n

Ouvidoria Geral da Defensoria P\u00fablica<\/p>\n

Associa\u00e7ao dos Servidores da Defensoria P\u00fablica do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

Instituto Paulista da Juventude<\/p>\n

Sindicato dos Advogados do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo<\/p>\n

Coletivo DAR<\/p>\n<\/div>

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