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After election loss, masses of Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court; then police sweep in, arresting 170

2023-01-09

[IsraelTimes] In scenes resembling the events of January 6, 2021, in the US Capitol, masses of Brazilian supporters of defeated far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro are seen breaking into the country’s Congress building, presidential palace and Supreme Court

...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
In social media videos, many demonstrators are seen breaching the buildings, climbing on top of the Congress roof and breaking the glass in its windows, also vandalizing objects inside.

The dramatic scenes unfold following days of protests against the allegedly flawed election result, which returned left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to power.

Bolsonaro supporters have been protesting against Lula’s electoral win since October 30, blocking roads, setting vehicles on fire and gathering outside military buildings, asking armed forces to intervene.

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Subsequently:

Brazil police retake Congress, clear out buildings overrun by pro-Bolsonaro rioters

[IsraelTimes] At least 170 arrested as cops use tear-gas, water cannons in bid to gain control over Brasilia institutions stormed by far-right protesters refusing to accept election results

Brazilian security forces mounted a massive operation Sunday after hundreds of supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court

...the political football known as The Highest Court in the Land, home of penumbrae and emanations...
in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned as a "fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
" attack.

After hours of all-out chaos at the seat of power in Brasilia — reminiscent of the January 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol building by supporters of then-president Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
, a Bolsonaro ally — security forces managed to reclaim the Congress building in the evening, AFP news hounds said.

A massive operation was still under way to evacuate the demonstrators from the Planalto presidential palace and the Supreme Court, with security forces using riot police on horseback, water cannon and tear-gas bombs fired from helicopters to fight them back.

Lula, who was in the southeastern city of Araraquara visiting a region hit by severe floods, signed a decree declaring a federal intervention in Brasilia, giving his government special powers to restore law and order in the capital.

"These fascist fanatics have done something never before seen in this country’s history," said the veteran leftist, 77, who took office a week ago after beating Bolsonaro in Brazil’s bitterly divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
October elections.

"We will find out who these vandals are, and they will be brought down with the full force of the law."

Police made 170 arrests, Brazilian media reported. TV images showed police ushering Bolsonaro supporters down the ramp from the presidential palace in single file.

The Senate security service said it had arrested 30 people in the chamber.

The chaos came after a sea of protesters dressed in the green and yellow of the flag flooded into Brasilia’s Three Powers Square, invading the floor of Congress, trashing the Supreme Court building and climbing the ramp to the Planalto.

Brasilia Governor Ibaneis Rocha fired the capital’s public security chief, Anderson Torres, who previously served as Bolsonaro’s justice minister.

The attorney general’s office said it had asked the Supreme Court to issue arrest warrants for Torres "and all other public officials responsible for acts and omissions" leading to the unrest.

Posted by:trailing wife

#5 Some Democrats are blaming Republicans.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-01-09 18:26

#4 Same political theatre, different country. They even had their very own Shaman. Were the doors unlocked too?

Posted by: mossomo 2023-01-09 12:54

#3 Trail of destruction left by Brazil's 'January 6th' protesters inside senate building is revealed as footage emerges showing Bolsonaro supporters beating a mounted cop and his terrified HORSE with clubs

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-09 10:01

#2 AOC leads U.S. lawmakers demanding Bolsonaro be extradited from hiding in Florida BACK to Brazil to faces charges after his supporters stormed the nation's capitol

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-09 09:52

#1 Brazilian authorities seek to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-09 09:18

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