More than 50 arrested during protest against police abuse

Brazilian police detained more than 50 people in Rio de Janeiro after a crowd of slum-dwellers blocked a road with barricades to protest alleged police abuses.

Residents of the northern Rio slum of Morro do Borel staged a violent protest on a busy road in the nearby middle-class district of Tijuca late Saturday, burning two cars, causing traffic jams and panicking drivers, said a local policeman, who asked not to be identified.