>Ironically, Rio de Janeiro is considered one of the safest capitals in Brazil [1]. The absolute numbers are high, but that's a huge city with millions of habitants.

Rio police are also globally considered fascist butchers... with frequent news stories of indiscriminately killing favela residents, kids, etc.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/16/police-killings-are-out-...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/14/brazil-13-dead...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/30/brazil-rio-pol...

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/07/brazil-police...

https://www.humanium.org/en/children-victims-violence-brazil...

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/22/world/americas/police-kil...