During the second day of demonstrations due to the withdrawal of residents of Favela do Moinho, in the central region of São Paulo, the Military Police reported that about 20 protesters set fire to the entrance of the community. Residents and police officers clashed .
In the records you can see police enter the mill favela. In one of the videos, a woman films the places of the place and mocks: “Look at the shacks, they say that there are only shack in the community.” See below video of the confusion:
According to information recorded in the videos, a lap baby passed out and the fire department had to be triggered. In addition, a lawyer who was at the scene was beaten.
In another video you can hear a woman who screams “are assaulting resident, huh!” Another still says that those present in the place “has to take the people out of the street, not take a worker.” One of the residents argues with the police and claims to have been beaten in the neck. Also, he says that the security agent does his job, but does not need to assault it.
During the protests, a resident, who is in the house window, says, “Here I fought. It was day and night working, leaving my children at school, so that I can run around the bread every day. Here it was nothing taken from anyone, no!”
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Understand the case
The City Hall and the Government of São Paulo act to remove families from Favela do Moinho. The first families began to be removed from the scene on April 22 and the demolitions began last Monday (12).
Yesterday afternoon, when a protest of residents in the region was also held, the State Department of Urban Development and Housing said that changes had already been made of 168 families living in the Moinho favela.
“In all, 752 families have already joined the resettlement (88% of the total), and 599 are qualified, ie they are already able to sign contracts and receive the keys as soon as the units are ready. So far, 548 have already chosen the Destination Property for final service or signaled the option for individual credit letter to seek a house in the market, even the number that has already started the process for receiving housing aid.” says the secretary.
In a statement, the government of São Paulo says it resumed on the morning of Tuesday (13) the disassembly of units already emptied in the Favela do Moinho.
“The action has now endorsed by the Union’s Secretariat of Patrimony (SPU), documented in a letter sent to the Secretariat of Urban Development and Housing of the State. The demolition work of unaccurrent structures were started on Monday (12) by six houses that were at risk for the precarious structure,” concluded in a statement.
This content was originally published in residents and PMs confront the Moinho favela in SP on the website CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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