FILE - Police from the Dog Action Battalion patrol the Complexo da Mare favela during an operation targeting drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2022. When Rio state's military police conduct operations and face off with local drug traffickers, class is canceled and kids take shelter at home. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
FILE - A police officer walks past a military vehicle in the Complexo da Mare favela during an operation targeting drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2022. When Rio state's military police conduct operations and face off with local drug traffickers, class is canceled and kids take shelter at home. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
Children hold drawings that represent their experiences of living in the Mare favela during the launch of the book titled “I was supposed to be at school” in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 25, 2024. Dozens of kids and teenagers from one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas gathered on Monday to celebrate their most important piece of work yet: a book that aims to show authorities how they see police violence in their Maré community from a young age. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
FILE - Homes stand in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 15, 2021. When Rio state's military police conduct operations and face off with local drug traffickers, class is canceled and kids take shelter at home. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
A youth runs to the launch of the book titled “I was supposed to be at school” in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 25, 2024. Dozens of kids and teenagers from one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas gathered on Monday to celebrate their most important piece of work yet: a book that aims to show authorities how they see police violence in their Maré community from a young age. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Myrella Victoria Viana dos Santos, 10, shows the book titled “I was supposed to be at school” that includes her experiences of living in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 25, 2024. Dozens of kids and teenagers from one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas gathered on Monday to celebrate their most important piece of work yet: a book that aims to show authorities how they see police violence in their Maré community from a young age. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Children hold drawings that represent their experiences of living in the Mare favela at an event to launch the book titled “I was supposed to be at school” in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 25, 2024. Dozens of kids and teenagers from one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas gathered on Monday to celebrate their most important piece of work yet: a book that aims to show authorities how they see police violence in their Maré community from a young age. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Myrella Victoria Viana dos Santos, 10, center, attends the launch of the book titled “I was supposed to be at school” in the Mare favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, March 25, 2024. Dozens of kids and teenagers from one of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas gathered on Monday to celebrate their most important piece of work yet: a book that aims to show authorities how they see police violence in their Maré community from a young age. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)