Worldwide reach of movement is evident in growth of badly needed Brazilian Black Lives Matter | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The police committed more than 1 in every 6 of Rio de Janeiro’s homicides between 2010 and 2013. And 4 out of 5 of the victims were under 29 years old, and of African descent. These startling figures come from an analysis of official homicide data by Amnesty International. The problem…