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oao Pedro Matos Pinto was a 14-year-old black boy. On 18 May, he was playing with his cousins when the house in Sao Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro state, was invaded by police. He was killed by a rifle shot that pierced his body from stomach to shoulder. The police claimed they were chasing suspects, but his family

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