The deputy of the Brazilian Liberal Party Carla Zambelli, the formation for which Jair Bolsonaro is running for re-election as president this Sunday, has chased a man through the streets of Sao Paulo while pointing a gun at him inside a bar.
According to the newspaper ‘O Globo’, the events took place after the deputy heard a group of people chanting the name of Lula (da Silva) when leaving a restaurant on Alameda Lorena street. As Zambelli herself said, when she went out to the street «she was cursed».
The videos spread on social networks show how the deputy faces and tries to assault a man after he says «Tomorrow, Lula». The man walks away and she chases him, but the congresswoman falls on the sidewalk — although she later showed the blow to her knee as proof that she had been assaulted.
Apparently, according to the Brazilian media, another man in the group, who was also armed, began to run, carrying his weapon, after which a shot was heard. However, Zambelli continued his pursuit of the first man to a nearby bar, where he told him to get down on the ground and a group of people interceded.
The deputy has published a video on social networks in which she explains «her version» where she has assured to have been attacked by a black man and to have transferred to the Police these facts. Regarding the persecution, she has defended that she was only trying to hold the attacker until the arrival of the agents in the area.
For its part, the Military Police confirmed that it had received a call at 4:30 p.m. from a person who had been «offended and pushed» by unidentified persons, «for which reason he had pulled out the gun he was carrying».
Zambelli is authorized to carry a gun because of her status as a federal deputy, however, the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court prohibits civilians and police officers who are not on duty the day before the election to carry weapons within 100 meters of a polling station.
