How can those numbers be &#x27;out of place&#x27;? Just last month the state of São Paulo started to remove assassinations by the police from the official murder stats [1] to make it look like things are getting better.<p>Also:<p>&quot;Between January and November in 2014, 816 people were murdered by military police officers in the state of São Paulo.&quot; - and it did not reduce crime [2]<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www1.folha.uol.com.br&#x2F;cotidiano&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;1704292-mortes-causadas-por-pms-somem-de-estatisticas-da-gestao-alckmin.shtml" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www1.folha.uol.com.br&#x2F;cotidiano&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;1704292-morte...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ponte.org&#x2F;pm-de-sp-bate-recorde-de-mortes-e-nao-reduz-crimes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;ponte.org&#x2F;pm-de-sp-bate-recorde-de-mortes-e-nao-reduz...</a>