“Brazil police, including officers who were off duty, killed nearly 3,500 people in 2015, and some of those incidents were extrajudicial killings, a report said. The report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), published Thursday, said the extrajudicial executions contributed to ‘a cycle of violence in Brazil.’”
Source: Violence In Brazil: Police Killed Nearly 3,500 People In 2015, Report Says