It is not by chance that when arriving in the favelas […] the police quickly hoist a [Brazilian] flag as a signal of territorial control. That is bec… - Marielle Franco

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It is not by chance that when arriving in the favelas […] the police quickly hoist a [Brazilian] flag as a signal of territorial control. That is because these territories are seen … as the enemy's territory.

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About Marielle Franco

Marielle Franco (born Marielle Francisco da Silva; 27 July 1979 – 14 March 2018) was a Brazilian socialist and feminist who was elected to the city council of Rio de Janeiro. A prominent critic of police violence in the favelas, she was assassinated by ex-police militias in 2018.

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Alternative Names: Marielle Francisco da Silva
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Quoted in “The spectre of Haiti: structural antiblackness, the far-right backlash and the fear of a black majority in Brazil”. Original source in Portuguese: “UPP – a redução da favela a três letras : uma análise da política de segurança pública do estado do Rio de Janeiro”, page 47

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