“I’m here because it could also have happened in my municipality”: Isaltino Morais at Odair Moniz’s wake
Isaltino Morais went to give his condolences to the family and went to the Odair Moniz wake. The mayor of Oeiras said that reflection is needed and that it is something that could have happened in the municipality he heads, but that the most important thing at this moment is to give a word of comfort to Odair Moniz’s family.
O funeral of Odair Monizshot by the police on Monday, in Amadora, takes place this Sunday in Buraca, after almost a week of disrespect in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon and two demonstrations in the capital.
Odair Moniz, a 43-year-old Cape Verdean citizen and resident of Bairro do Zambujal, in Amadora, was shot by a PSP agent in the early hours of Monday, in Bairro da Cova da Moura, in the same municipality, and died shortly afterwards, at the São Francisco Xavier Hospital, in Lisbon.
According to the PSP, the man “ran away” by car after seeing a police vehicle and lost his way in Cova da Moura, where, when approached by the agents, “he resisted arrest and tried to attack them using the bladed weapon.”
The SOS Racismo association and the Vida Justa movement contested the police version and demanded a “serious and impartial” investigation to determine responsibilities, considering that “a culture of impunity” in the police is at stake.
The General Inspectorate of Internal Administration and the PSP opened investigations and the agent who shot the man was named a defendant.
