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Pre-Dawn Police Operation Clears USP Rectorate, Prompting Protests and Probes

Conflicting accounts and legal questions now put the police action under formal review by São Paulo’s public security.

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Overview

  • The Military Police, which moved in around 4:15 a.m. Sunday, removed about 150 people from USP’s rectorate and took four to a precinct before releasing them.
  • Authorities reported no injuries, cited broken gates and doors and seized knives and narcotics, kept officers on campus, and said bodycam video will inform an internal review.
  • Student leaders say the clearance was illegal and violent, alleging tear gas, stun grenades, batons, a “polish corridor,” injured classmates, and no court order for a night-time raid.
  • PSOL lawmakers Erika Hilton and Sâmia Bomfim asked oversight bodies to investigate the operation, as university departments and student groups issued formal denunciations.
  • Fresh demonstrations Monday in central São Paulo ended in confrontations with two União Brasil councilors, and police fired tear gas to separate the crowd during the ongoing strike over student aid levels.