Following the repercussion of a video, released on social networks of the 9th Special Police Action Battalion (Baep) last Tuesday (15), Lieutenant Colonel Costa Júnior, commander of Baep, spoke on social networks on Wednesday (16) about Elements associated with racist rituals in São José do Rio Preto, in the interior of São Paulo.
The commander states that the video portrays the “ceremony of conquest and granting of two Baep’s brass” to agents recently entered the unit, as a form of completion of the internship period and permanence in service in the battalion .
“The cross surrounded by flames symbolizes victory over sacrifice and the weight of conquest,” he says. The enlightened path refers to the trajectory of soldiers to the oath stage in defense of life in military service.
In a statement, the Battalion states that the traditional military ceremony aims to emphasize the merits achieved after months of training and observation to achieve the honor of being able to sport a Military Police argu.
The ceremony took place at the night because the interns who achieved the achievement belong to the special actions platoon that operates in the night service, according to the clarifications of the corporation.
The shooting booth used for the ceremony that not had its own lighting Therefore, fire pitrechos were used for lighting of the site, according to the note.
The São Paulo Public Prosecution Service (MPSP) established on Wednesday (16), through the São José do Rio Preto Prosecutor’s Office, a procedure to investigate the case. The situation similar to the rituals of “Ku Klux Klan”, a secret organization that aimed to maintain racist practices and privileges of the American white population after the secession war, according to the folder.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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