Brazilian slum residents protest after 9 die in police raid

A friend holds a poster that shows images of the nine people who died in a stampede, while standing on the narrow street where they died, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. The state’s security agency said police were carrying out an operation when they were attacked by two men on a motorcycle and officers gave chase amid gunfire on sunday. The suspects fled into the street party attended by thousands of people in the Paraisopolis district. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Residents of the Paraisopolis slum take part in a demonstration asking for peace, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. Police officers pursuing fleeing suspects clashed with people at a street party in the Sao Paulo slum on Sunday, setting off a stampede in which nine people died. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Residents of the Paraisopolis slum take part in a demonstration asking for peace, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. Police officers pursuing fleeing suspects clashed with people at a street party in the Sao Paulo slum on Sunday, setting off a stampede in which nine people died. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

SAO PAULO — Hundreds of people in Sao Paulo’s Paraisopolis slums have taken to the streets to protest against local police three days after nine young people died in a stampede during a police operation at a funk music party.

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