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Another mass was to be held on the same day, but the military dictatorship vetoed the religious event. The vicar-general of Rio de Janeiro, D. Castro Pinto, however, insisted on performing it. Around 600 people attended the mass. Fearing a massacre, the priests ordered people not to leave the church.
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Around 6:00 pm, the Military Police arrived at the location and dispersed the protesters who were in front of the building. Some students took refuge inside the restaurant and responded to police violence with sticks and stones. This caused the police to step back, and the street was left deserted.
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Fearing that the police would hide Edson Luís' body, students did not allow him to be taken to the Forensic Institute; instead, they carried him to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, where a funeral service was held. An autopsy was performed there by doctors Nilo Ramos de Assis and Ivan
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In an unprecedented act of courage, the churchmen took hands, forming a human barrier between the police and those who attended the mass. They escorted the churchgoers safely up to Rio Branco Street. However, the police waited until the clergymen left to start beating several people.
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On March 28, 1968, students in Rio de Janeiro organized a surprise march to protest against the high prices of meals in the Calabouço Restaurant, that began in the late afternoon on that same day.
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was held at the Candelária Church to honor the memory of Edson Luís. After the mass, people leaving the church were attacked by the cavalry of the Military Police. Dozens of people were injured.
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On March 28, 2008, to honor the 40 years since Edson Luís' death, a statue of him was inaugurated at the Ana Amélia Square (between Churchill Avenue and Santa Luzia Street), in Rio de Janeiro.
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When the officers returned, shots were fired from the building of the Brazilian Legion of Assistance, which caused panic among the students, who fled the location.
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and eventually broke into the restaurant. During the raid, the commander of the Military Police troops, Aloísio Raposo, shot and killed Edson Luís with a
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On the outside, there were three ranks of soldiers on horseback with sabers, behind them were the Marine Corps and several of the DOPS agents.
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on April 2, several demonstrations were organized across the country to protest against Edson Luís' death. In
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Mass rally in honor of Lima Souto. A protester shows the student's bloodstained shirt he wore when shot.
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Nogueira Bastos, under pressure from Military Police officers and agents of DOPS, the military regime's
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Rio de Janeiro stopped on the day of Edson Luís' burial. To express their protest, movie theaters in
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into his chest. Another student, Benedito Frazão Dutra, was injured and later died in the hospital.
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Medical School. Demonstrations also were held in the August XI Academic Center of the
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and Ronaldo Bastos and recorded in the album Geraes (1976), is about Edson Luis.
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facility where the Calabouço restaurant for low-income students operated.
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The police believed that the students were planning to attack the nearby
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Brazilian student protester killed by military police in 1968
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Between the funeral and the seventh-day mass held in the
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Body of Edson Luiz de Lima Souto, watched by students.
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People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Brazil
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Pequenas Histórias das Canções – Coração de Estudante
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after a confrontation in the restaurant Calabouço (
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