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Brazil Police Strike

Workers remove the body of a man who died by gun shots at Itinga neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil, Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012.

About one-third of Bahia's 30,000 police went on strike a week ago and murders in the capital's metropolitan area immediately spiked, reaching double normal rates before 2,000 troops were sent in Sunday to patrol the city in armored personnel carriers. The striking police officers are demanding pay raises and amnesty for what a judge ruled an illegal work stoppage.

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Felipe Dana, 3er premio, 2013
Workers remove the body of a man who died by gun shots at Itinga neighborhood in Salvador, Brazil, Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. <br /> <br /> About one-third of Bahia's 30,000 police went on strike a week ago and murders in the capital's metropolitan area immediately spiked, reaching double normal rates before 2,000 troops were sent in Sunday to patrol the city in armored personnel carriers. The striking police officers are demanding pay raises and amnesty for what a judge ruled an illegal work stoppage.