Police say they used tear gas to disperse demonstrators in Brazil's largest city as groups protesting and supporting President Jair Bolsonaro neared a clash.
Police clash with anti-government demonstrators in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Police used tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters in Brazil's largest city as they began to clash with small groups loyal to President Jair Bolsonaro.
The demonstration by several hundred black-clad members of football fan groups in Sao Paulo appeared to be the largest anti-Bolsonaro street march in months in a country that has become an epicenter of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic.The executive secretary of the military police, Alvaro Batista Camilo, said police fired gas to keep the groups apart after some Bolsonaro backers carrying what he called a neo-Nazi flag approached the protesters.
Brazil has reported nearly half a million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 28,000 deaths — figures widely considered understatements due to a lack of adequate testing. The protest, called “Black Lives Matter,” was interrupted when police used tear gas to disperse people. “I can’t breathe,” said some of the demonstrators, alluding to George Floyd´s death in Minneapolis.
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