With the numbers of deaths of police men by families of their victims I think that this might be down to something else. Either
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| Quote: In 2011, Rota was involved in at least two cases in which suspected criminals were allegedly murdered by police. In May 2012, six people believed to have been members of armed criminal gang were killed in a confrontation with the unit. Hundreds of civilians and police were killed in a wave of violence in subsequent months that terrorised the city. | |
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Revenge by the family of someone they killed?
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| Quote: But on Wednesday the police colonel in charge of the unit where Marcelo's mother was a corporal questioned the official account and said she recently denounced colleagues for robbing cash machines. Police Colonel Wagner Dimas told São Paulo's Rádio Bandeirantes he did not believe the official version of events. "Today I am not convinced," Dimas said. | |
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This could be revenge by other police, and making the boy do the killing or just kill him at the end to make it look like a murder suicide.
It is not straight forward, but blaming the boy does close the case.