Police officer handcuffs suspected drug trafficker to the back of his motorbike and drives off
Police officer handcuffs a suspected drug trafficker to the back of his motorbike and drives off forcing the man to run alongside after arresting him in Brazil
Sao Paolo Military Police actions likened to ‘slavery times’People were laughing as the 18-year-old struggled to keep up The arrest was condemned by federal congressman David Miranda State Police Ombudsman calls for independent investigation
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A suspected drug trafficker was handcuffed to a police motorbike and forced to run alongside in Brazil, in a scene likened to ‘slavery times’.
The disturbing moment, which took place in Sao Paolo, was caught on camera, and showed the 18-year-old suspected drug trafficker was arrested by Brazil’s military police (MP).
He was then cuffed to the back of a motorbike, and can be seen struggling to keep up as the MP drags him along with his vehicle.
Brazilians likened the shocking footage to times of slavery, as laughter can be heard in the background whilst he was pulled along by the MP.
The arrest was made in connection with the MP’s operation ‘Steel Horse’ which aims to tackle drug trafficking.
The 18-year-old boy, who had 12 bricks worth of cannabis in a rucksack, jumped the blockade, and made off in his vehicle.
After a tense car chase, the drug trafficker attempted to dump his rucksack, but lost control of his vehicle, causing him to crash.
He then fled the scene, but was later picked up by police and taken back to the site of the crash.
It was there he was handcuffed to the back of the motorbike and made to attempt to keep up with the vehicle.
The 18-year-old boy was dragged along by a police motorbike, cuffed to vehicle
High profile figures were quick to condemn the way the arrest was made, with Police Ombudsman Elizeu Soares Lopes saying he would request an investigation into the incident, as he said the ‘astounding’ images reminded him of ‘slavery times’.
‘I don’t have any other image in my head but this one. It’s a mockery,’ he said.
A Sao Paolo military police also condemned the way the arrest was made.
‘The Military Police repudiates the way the arrest was conducted. [The arrest] violates all the institution’s protocols, and reaffirms its commitment to protecting people, fighting crime and enforcing the laws, being relentless against occasional misconduct,’ a spokesperson said.
The shocking footage was likened to slavery times by Sao Paolo’s Police Ombudsman
David Miranda, a Brazilian federal congressman for Rio De Janiero, also hit out at the way the ‘unacceptable’ arrest went: ‘A black man handcuffed to a policeman’s motorcycle. The MP would never do that to rich, white suspects. The State ignores, marginalizes and then kills to exempt itself from changing life trajectories that it creates. Unacceptable.’
The Brazil national student union said: “Brazil, after the abolition of slavery, see scenes of cold-blooded torture practised by MP, who, instead of acting in a brutal and inhumane manner, should protect. Absurd and outrage, those are the words!’
