Less than two hours before she was murdered on the evening of March 14, Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco was speaking at a roundtable of black women activists about “young black women moving the structures”. As Franco was leaving the site, a car pulled up to the side of her own vehicle and fired nine shots into it. Franco and her
Suspicious Murder of Anti-Police Brutality Activist Sparks Large Protests In Brazil
Bearing all the hallmarks of an execution, the attack has sent shockwaves through Brazil including social media.
