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They’re shooting 8-year olds

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To Brazil's Attorney General:

We, citizens of the world, demand that you accept the lawsuit filled by Brazilian MPs against Governor Witzel and make Justice for children killed in Rio, starting with Ágatha. Children are not just collateral damage - police violence has to stop.
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They’re shooting 8-year olds
As a mother in Brazil it makes me sick to my stomach: 8-year-old Agatha was shot in the back by Rio de Janeiro's out-of-control police.

Brazil's most famous tourist destination is fast turning into a graveyard for innocent children, ever since Rio's new governor adopted a "shoot first, ask questions later" policy for the city's cops: 5 mostly poor children have been massacred in just the last year!

Members of Brazil's Congress have called for a formal investigation, but the government has refused to budge. They may think they can ignore opposition politicians -- but they can't ignore the millions of tourists who flock to Rio's beaches every year and drive the local economy!

Sign the open letter now to show Rio's mayor the whole world is watching, and when a million of us join we'll organize a massive funeral procession at Rio's iconic Copacabana beach, a tourist favorite, to pay tribute to kids killed by the city's killer cops! And we won't stop pushing until the mayor is investigated for good:


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