“Crimes do sentir”: uma análise das práticas policiais em torno dos crimes raciais na Delegacia de Polícia de Combate à Intolerância de Porto Alegre/RS

Abstract

Considering that racism is a practice of racial interiorization that violates citizenship rights, this study aims to analyze how legal practices occur regarding racial crimes at the Police Station for Combating Intolerance in Porto Alegre/RS. Regarding the methodology, the study is a qualitative research, of an ethnographic nature, including participant observation, documentary analysis, and interviews with the police officers, who work at this specialized Police Station, from July to December 2023. The theoretical scope of the research follows a Critical Race Theory perspective, based on the criticisms arising from racial theories applied to Law (Thula Pires, 2013), and which I call “critical theories in action”, because they are analyzed here, based on the daily practices of the Police Station. To carry out the analysis, this study developed a contextualization of the theme of racial relations in Brazil, considering the dimensions of the relationship between race and nation in the formation of the State, as well as in the field of Law. Throughout the research, it was possible to perceive the limitations arising from the legal field that have an impact on the way in which the Police Investigation, arising from racial crimes, will be concluded, since many cases accepted by the Police Station do not result in indictment, due to lack of materiality and/or authorship, even though there are other elements, such as posture, behavior of witnesses or defendants, which demonstrate that racial violence actually occurred. So, it was possible to perceive the social role that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) has and its relevant contribution to the black population of the city of Porto Alegre.