Jair Bolsonaro says criminals will 'die like cockroaches' under proposed new laws

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Jair Bolsonaro says criminals will 'die like cockroaches' under proposed new laws

Brazil’s president calls for security forces and citizens who shoot alleged offenders to be shielded from prosecution

Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent
Tue 6 Aug 2019 00.48 BST Last modified on Tue 6 Aug 2019 00.57 BST

Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has said he hopes criminals will “die in the streets like cockroaches” as a result of hard-line legislation he is pushing to shield security forces and citizens who shoot alleged offenders from prosecution.

In an interview broadcast on Monday, Bolsonaro said he hoped Congress would approve his controversial plans to expand the so-called excludente de ilicitude – an article in Brazil’s criminal code that makes some normally illegal acts permissible.

Activists fear that could cause a bloodbath, but Bolsonaro claimed it would provide much-needed “legal cover” to police officers who used lethal force in the line of duty and bring a “dramatic” drop in violence.

“These guys [criminals] are going to die in the streets like cockroaches [if such protections are approved] – and that’s how it should be,” he said.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/06/jair-bolosonaro-says-criminals-will-die-like-cockroaches-under-proposed-new-laws

[IrishObserver]

1. Vile monster

What were Brazilians thinking when they voted for this hate-filled scumbag?