Brazil’s next defense minister wants snipers to take out armed criminals Asked if his plan included shooting suspects in the back, he said: ‘Gun in hand? He’s a threat. He’s going to use that gun to attack anyone who’s in front of him’
International News : The army general tapped by Brazil’s farright President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to be defense minister said Wednesday that snipers should be deployed to take out armed criminal suspects. His comments came after the far-right governor-elect of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, met with criticism after announcing he would deploy police snipers to shoot suspects even if officers’ lives are not in danger. “It’s a necessary reaction to the ostentatious display of weapons of war, often in the hands of young people,” retired general Augusto Heleno told Radio Nacional. “It’s not about killing indiscriminately. You need...Read more
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