A man identifying himself as a police officer reportedly pointed a gun and fired live rounds at a small gathering of demonstrators in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday evening, while another police officer fired live rounds into the air as other police attempted to disperse an anti-FIFA protest during Brazil’s World Cup.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that it had video of the officer firing on the crowd while another man who said he was a police officer fired multiple live rounds into the air. The video, in which an officer fires his pistol before driving away on a motorcycle, is here.
What the Associated Press described as a “small but violent and chaotic” protest took place just a mile from the the Maracana stadium, an iconic Brazilian venue that hosted the World Cup final in 1950 and will do so again on July 13 of this year. Police also fired tear gas at the protesters.
