The São Paulo Military Police clashed with protesters protesting against the privatization of lines of the Paulista Metropolitan Train Company (CPTM), on the afternoon of Thursday (27) in the center of São Paulo. Shared images on social networks show protesters injured in the conflict .
The demonstration was attended by the Movement of Women Olga Benário, from the Popular Unit Party (UP), militants of the Youth Rebellion Union (UJR), students of the current movement, among other movements, who joined the protest against the auction of the Alto Tietê Lot, which includes the 11-coral lines, 12-Safira and 13-Jade, scheduled for B3 (28), at B3 São Paulo.
The security agency states that, around 1 pm, there was an attempt to invas the public building and blockade of Boa Vista Street. On social networks, pages ahead of the protest stated that “the family members and friends of railroads occupied the building of the São Paulo Secretariat of Transportation to denounce the privatization and threat in the jobs of their relatives and rail relatives.”
Protesters say that after the commission were gathered for negotiation, they went peacefully from the building, “but the police battalion were already in place to repress” the protesters. “Police used moral effects, pepper and tear gas, cassettees and rubber bullets,” they say.
Police say they intervened and three people were arrested. The group followed by Florêncio de Abreu Street towards Praça da República.
In a statement, the Military Police states that it analyzes the images of the demonstration and, if irregularities are found, the appropriate measures will be adopted. “The institution reinforces that it does not condone with deviations of conduct and all excesses are punished with rigor,” he adds.
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This content was originally published in PM and protesters confront CPTM auction in SP on CNN Brazil.
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