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What Flavio Bolsonaro said about increase penalties for private militias

Flavio Bolsonaro

Flavio Bolsonaro

April 7, 2026

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Flavio Bolsonaro: Any building that had two or three policemen living in it was a militia.

Flavio Bolsonaro: So, if there's a street where 10 police officers live and they don't allow a drug spot in front of their house selling drugs to their child, it was called a militia. So, in that scenario, we defended the legitimacy of the police, but not afterwards, when that practice of exploiting the community begins, charging for gas, charging for Wi‑Fi, charging for the 'gato nético', in short, they began to exploit the worker. Obviously, that's a crime.

And I never defended that kind of practice; as a matter of fact I just voted.

Flavio Bolsonaro · 97:23

Flavio Bolsonaro: As I told you, we increased the penalties for private militia in that bill we mentioned at the beginning.

Flavio Bolsonaro: of the program.

Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence

states he voted for a bill that increased sentences.

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