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"I Called for Help, Not to Kill My son."

Summary by Esquerda Online
Pedro Henrique Antunes da Costa Herick Cristian da Silva Vargas, 29 years old, was killed on Monday, September 15th, by military police officers in Porto Alegre after being shot. The police were called by his family because Herick, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was in crisis, linked to cocaine use. "We have to fry this madman," said one of the officers, according to body camera footage. Herick was indeed fried; more than once with a taser. This …
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Pedro Henrique Antunes da Costa Herick Cristian da Silva Vargas, 29 years old, was killed on Monday, September 15th, by military police officers in Porto Alegre after being shot. The police were called by his family because Herick, diagnosed with schizophrenia, was in crisis, linked to cocaine use. "We have to fry this madman," said one of the officers, according to body camera footage. Herick was indeed fried; more than once with a taser. This …

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Esquerda Online broke the news in on Monday, November 17, 2025.
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