O encarceramento em massa da população negra e o abuso de autoridade

Abstract

This article will address the factors behind the mass condemnation of the black population that represents 2/3 of the prison population in Brazil, using the scientific procedure method and the deductive approach, the research technique will be the bibliographic, along with the explanatory. Several theoretical factors, historical and concrete cases will be studied, besides the laws 7.716/1889 that refers to racism and the new law 13.869/2019 that speaks of the abuse of authority. The work seeks to show the prejudice suffered by blacks within the judiciary and police system, the latter has frequently circulated in the media and has been the target of criticism and revolts, as it has become more and more frequent deaths in police operations, whether criminal or innocent. It is worth noting that life is an inviolable good guaranteed by the 1988 Constitution, in its article 5. Blacks are the most condemned for drug trafficking and with the smallest amounts seized, is this just a coincidence, or is it another demonstration of prejudice? How long will the color of the skin define someone's place in society? Does the senzala really no longer exist, or has it just been modernized? Is racism structural, institutional or individual? These and other questions will be asked and discussed in this research, not for the purpose of defending who actually broke the law, but so that judgment and punishment are applied equally to all.