As the country talks of nothing else but the rioting in greater Lisbon, residents in the Bairro do Zambujal, Cova da Moura, have promised “new confrontations during the night”. SIC television reporters say people they have spoken with say they are tired of the racial discrimination and prejudices they suffer at the hands of police who many insist have not told the truth about the fatal shooting of Odair Moniz. “If we allow this to pass, in a month or a year, there will be another situation of police abuse”, said one. Bottom line: the state has to start listening to these people, and ring the changes.
“State has to hear us”: Cova da Moura neighbourhood threatens further unrest
