police violence complaint victims in Brazil were men. In that same year, persons of color (brown-skinned and black) accounted for more than 29 percent of victims. Nevertheless, the ethnicity of over half of police violence complaint victims was not reported.
In 2019, more than two thirds of Distribution of police violence complaints in Brazil in 2019, by ethnicity of victim
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Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). (June 22, 2020). Distribution of police violence complaints in Brazil in 2019, by ethnicity of victim [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181629/distribution-complaints-police-violence-ethnicity-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). "Distribution of police violence complaints in Brazil in 2019, by ethnicity of victim." Chart. June 22, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181629/distribution-complaints-police-violence-ethnicity-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). (2020). Distribution of police violence complaints in Brazil in 2019, by ethnicity of victim. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181629/distribution-complaints-police-violence-ethnicity-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil). "Distribution of Police Violence Complaints in Brazil in 2019, by Ethnicity of Victim." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181629/distribution-complaints-police-violence-ethnicity-brazil/
Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil), Distribution of police violence complaints in Brazil in 2019, by ethnicity of victim Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181629/distribution-complaints-police-violence-ethnicity-brazil/ (last visited June 13, 2024)
Distribution of police violence complaints in Brazil in 2019, by ethnicity of victim [Graph], Ministério da Mulher, da Família e dos Direitos Humanos (Brazil), June 22, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1181629/distribution-complaints-police-violence-ethnicity-brazil/