The Court of the State of Amazonas, in northwestern Brazil has ordered the arrest of five military police in that country, accused of shooting at close range to a 14 years old in August 2010. Both the boy, who survived the shooting, and his family have been welcomed by the state's protection of victims to ensure their safety against the risk of reprisals.
The five military policemen accused of involvement in the attack are under administrative detention since Wednesday in Manaus, according to the newspaper "Folha de Sao Paulo ', while looking for another agent who is fled. The accused, who belong to the Tactical Force Military Police, are dangerous, the judge said Bismarque Leite, who said the attack against the teenager who "is of tremendous cowardice." "It's a brutal and had never seen before in my life," he said.
The commanding general of the Amazon Military Police, Col. Dan Câmara, said that these seven men could be expelled from the body when the investigation is complete. The incident occurred on August 17, 2010, when, as defendants, were met with gunfire when they arrived in the neighborhood of Amazonino Mendes, north of Manaus.
According to Colonel Câmara, subordinates explained then that there was a confrontation, but a video that has been made public now where you can see the aggression against the boy shows that "not told the truth." The images, released Tuesday by the television channel A Critique, were recorded by a private security camera.
They see an armed military police assaulting and threatening the teen. After the first shot, the boy tries to escape, but then another man shoots him too, and a third partner imitates him. The young man, without being armed, covered her eyes as she was scared to death at point-blank shot by officers.
After forcing the teen to walk to the Military Police vehicle. His mother heard the shots from the window of his home, while two cameras, a reporter and another up a gas station, recording the facts. At that time, nobody wanted to report what happened, not even the teen's family. But now in a witness protection program and have decided to speak out against the Military Police of Brazil.
"I just felt confident when they entered the protection program and were informed that officers had been arrested," said prosecutor Joao Bosco Valente The Associated Press. "What the police did was barbaric. They completely avoided by the basic task of the police, which is to protect citizens," he said.
Joao Bosco Sá Attorney Valente, coordinator of the Center Operations Support Combat Organized Crime, has included the victim of aggression and four members of his family in the state's protection of endangered victims. 
The five military policemen accused of involvement in the attack are under administrative detention since Wednesday in Manaus, according to the newspaper "Folha de Sao Paulo ', while looking for another agent who is fled. The accused, who belong to the Tactical Force Military Police, are dangerous, the judge said Bismarque Leite, who said the attack against the teenager who "is of tremendous cowardice." "It's a brutal and had never seen before in my life," he said.
The commanding general of the Amazon Military Police, Col. Dan Câmara, said that these seven men could be expelled from the body when the investigation is complete. The incident occurred on August 17, 2010, when, as defendants, were met with gunfire when they arrived in the neighborhood of Amazonino Mendes, north of Manaus.
According to Colonel Câmara, subordinates explained then that there was a confrontation, but a video that has been made public now where you can see the aggression against the boy shows that "not told the truth." The images, released Tuesday by the television channel A Critique, were recorded by a private security camera.
They see an armed military police assaulting and threatening the teen. After the first shot, the boy tries to escape, but then another man shoots him too, and a third partner imitates him. The young man, without being armed, covered her eyes as she was scared to death at point-blank shot by officers.
After forcing the teen to walk to the Military Police vehicle. His mother heard the shots from the window of his home, while two cameras, a reporter and another up a gas station, recording the facts. At that time, nobody wanted to report what happened, not even the teen's family. But now in a witness protection program and have decided to speak out against the Military Police of Brazil.
"I just felt confident when they entered the protection program and were informed that officers had been arrested," said prosecutor Joao Bosco Valente The Associated Press. "What the police did was barbaric. They completely avoided by the basic task of the police, which is to protect citizens," he said.
Joao Bosco Sá Attorney Valente, coordinator of the Center Operations Support Combat Organized Crime, has included the victim of aggression and four members of his family in the state's protection of endangered victims.
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