by RAUL ZIBECHI
“My son’s name was Edison and he was 29 years old. He was killed on the streets. He just went home for some medicine and to put gas in his motorcycle. We lived in Baixada Santista, a working-class neighborhood in Sao Paulo. On May 15, the police followed him and killed him, 500 yards from the gas station. Even though there are contradictions in their statements, the District Attorney’s Office failed to act and shelved the case,” said Débora Maria da Silva, a 50-year-old woman of mixed-race and mother of two.
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