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LGBT News Brazilian police torture and humiliate transwoman

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    Brazil trans woman stripped, shaved and disfigured in police beating | Gay Star News

    Absolutely disgusting. I've put torture in the title, as "beating" really belittles what those officers did to this woman.

    The police allege the events took place after she attacked a police officer and a struggle commenced. Really? So the only way for multiple officers to subdue this one person was to punch them repeatedly in the face, strip and shave her? The latter acts are beyond cruel, especially as photos show she was in an environment surrounded by men, and one of the other prisoners actually has an mid-length afro (so clearly any hygiene or health and safety arguments are BS).

    These police need to be fired for either the horrific acts they have done, or for their utter incompetence at not being able to restrain a criminal using reasonable force.
     
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    That photo is absolutely horrifying. That poor woman.
     
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    It is, and what is worse is the photo of her being subjected to this treatment which has been shown in other articles. I have chosen not to post the link here as I really think it would be too upsetting for a lot of people.

    It really matters not whether she was a criminal - the police are supposed to uphold the law and protect people. They have done the opposite. Even if their version of events were true and she did attack an officer (I doubt it, or if so there was probably provocation based on this end result), this is miles away from an appropriate response. You pull someones arm, you tackle them to the ground, you taser them if need be. You do not mutilate their face.
     
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    That's horrifying. Those police need to be put in a mental institute for the rest of there life.
     
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    That is the worst thing I have read in a long while. I knew that Brazil was corrupt and terrible (I have family over there and a friend is 1/2 brazilian), but not that terrible. Why would anyone ever do that to anyone? I just want to cry now...
     
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    It seems a rather fickle country to me (although I suppose that could be explained by the geographic size and diversity of its people).

    On one hand you have shocking reports and statistics of homophobic sentiment, inequalities, and violence/murder against LGBT. Then you have the whole carnival culture, and for want of a better word the rather overt "metrosexuality" that many men display that is simply accepted as a norm. To outsiders it appears a liberal paradise, yet under the surface things are much darker.
     
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    That sucks...
     
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    Her story is similar to Jennifer Laude's case. Power tripping from the armed forces are getting worse. The government should take serious action to this. I hope they would prioritize this case.
     
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    This might explain why so many trans murders in Brazil go unsolved...
     
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