1997 Brazilian police strike

1997 Brazilian police strike Brazil Strike action The 1997 Brazilian police strike was a series of strikes by police officers in Brazil over wages.23 July 1997 Crime Runs Rampant As Brazil Police Strike -- `This Kind Of Lawlessness Is Unprecedented Here' https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19970723/2551043/crime-runs-rampant-as-brazil-police-strike----this-kind-of-lawlessness-is-unprecedented-here Faiola Anthony 20 November 2024 The Seattle Times31 July 1997 Cops Versus Cops https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970731-1.2.11.1 20 November 2024 The Straits Times2 August 1997 Brazilian police strike'an uprising' https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19970802-1.2.9.5 14 November 2024 The Straits Times9 August 1997 Brazil's Violent Police https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/09/opinion/brazil-s-violent-police.html 20 November 2024 The New York Times1 December 1998 Class Struggle Against "Police Unionism" in Brazil https://internationalist.org/zubatovism.html 20 November 2024 The Internationalist History The strike was sparked by complaints about low wages, with Brazilian police demanding to pay raises of 85%.25 July 1997 Brazilian Police Strike https://www.wired.com/1997/07/brazilian-police-strike/ 14 November 2024 Wired26 July 1997 Simon/Brazil https://www.npr.org/1997/07/26/1002705/simon-brazil 20 November 2024 NPR Strike actions were taken by police in at least 15 different Brazilian states. In some regions, the Brazilian military was deployed to take over policing functions during the strike.10 July 1997 Police raid https://www.economist.com/the-americas/1997/07/10/police-raid 20 November 2024 The Economist In the city of Belo Horizonte, when a demonstration by the striking police officers marched on the Governor's residence, one police officer was killed in the ensuing clashes.19 July 1997 Policemen's Lot Is Not Happy, but Now They Resist https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/19/world/policemen-s-lot-is-not-happy-but-now-they-resist.html Schemo Diana Jean 14 November 2024 The New York Times Reactions Pernambuco Minister of Justice Roberto França stated that "there has been nothing like this here in decades," saying that "this kind of lawlessness is unprecedented here."23 July 1997 Police strike Brazilian cities https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/07/23/Police-strike-Brazilian-cities/4276869630400/ 20 November 2024 UPI The United States Department of State's 1997 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices stated that "the need for police reform was brought to the forefront by widely publicized incidents of police involvement in criminal activity and police strikes in at least 15 states, which drew attention to their low pay and inadequate training."30 January 1998 Brazil Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997 https://1997-2001.state.gov/global/human_rights/1997_hrp_report/brazil.html 20 November 2024 United States Department of State See also 1997 in Brazil Timeline of strikes in 1997 2017 Military Police of Espírito Santo strike References Category:1997 in Brazil Category:1997 labor disputes and strikes Category:Labour disputes in Brazil Category:Police strikes