VIOLENCE FOUNDED ON THE SLAVERY HERITAGE: DEMILITARIZATION AS A RESPONSE TO SOCIAL CONTROL EXERCISED BY THE MILITARY POLICE IN A DEMOCRATIC STATE OF LAW

Abstract

This article sought to analyze police lethality in light of the 1988 Federal Constitution, with an emphasis on the protection of fundamental rights and human dignity. The following question is posed: in what way does the militarized structure associated with selective repression contradict the foundations of the Federal Constitution and support demilitarization as a measure of institutional correction? Considering the history of the country — marked by the slavery period of the colonial period and the authoritarianism of the military regime — not only as an ostensive police force, but also in its exercise of its function, it is configured as an instrument of social control promoting social inequality. Human dignity arises from the interpretation of constitutional principles and rules, and then encompasses human rights, strengthening an irreducible principle. In this way, demilitarization transforms the logic of war into a civil service, transparent and guided by public policies aimed at promoting citizenship. Considering that police training has a militarized character and is similar to that of the Armed Forces, and the absence of internal war situations in the national territory, there is therefore an inconsistency and inadequacy of the military police model with the principles of human dignity, fundamental rights and human rights. The reform of security institutions is a necessary step towards the consolidation of a truly democratic State.