In Brazil, protests erupted after a massive police raid on a drug gang in favelas in Rio de Janeiro left 119 people dead. The favelas’ residents demonstrated against the use of excessive force by police and called on Rio’s governor to step down. Earlier this week, over 2,500 law enforcement agents stormed the favelas, home to some 300,000 people and considered to be the headquarters of one of Brazil’s most powerful organized crime groups. This is Grasiele Fernandes do Carmo, the sister of a victim of the police operation, described as the deadliest raid in Rio’s history.

Grasiele Fernandes do Carmo: “My brother wasn’t a bum, you understand? My brother was 22 years old and had finished high school. He had a formal job, and so they destroyed him. They ruined my brother’s life. They ruined our family. They destroyed our family.”