In Rio de Janeiro, around 5,000 people marched on Avenida Presidente Vargas on June 7. Despite the enormous oppressive apparatus mobilized, the demonstrators were not intimidated. The protest rejected the military police (PM), their warfare against the people in the favelas and their recent murders, such as that of the young João Pedro. They also rejected fascist Bolsonaro and General Hamilton Mourão with slogans such as "Get out of Bolsonaro and take Mourão with you!" and against fascism.
Leaders of an opportunist movement called for a "symbolic act" to kneel in front of the military police (PM). There was resistance from the militant demonstrators. A red block and a group of black activists refused to kneel to maintain their dignity. "Get up! Get up! Not here! We kneel every day in our houses, in our slums, to live to have work. Not here, damn! Here they have to kneel in front of us!", An angry black man called took part in the protest and everyone stood up in the face of the excitement.
