Federal Court Orders Deputy Bibo Nunes to Pay R$100,000 for Video Inciting Violence Against Students

Overview

• The 3rd Federal Court in Porto Alegre ruled that Nunes’s 2022 video exceeded protected speech by promoting intolerance and encouraging aggression toward university students.
• The court ordered R$100,000 in collective moral damages to be deposited in a fund that finances public higher education.
• The recording targeted students from UFSM and UFPel with insults and a reference to them being “burned alive inside tires,” a line the court deemed incitement drawn from the film Tropa de Elite.
• Two civil actions filed by the National Student Union and the Federal Public Defender’s Office were consolidated in federal court, with the Federal Prosecution Service acting as coauthor.
• Nunes apologized publicly, said he settled a related penal matter for R$2,000, announced he will appeal the civil ruling, and faced rejection of his apology by leaders representing Boate Kiss tragedy survivors.