In the photo, the young woman, with a round face and bleached blond hair, brandishes a pair of pistols. Eight years earlier, in another photo, she mimics a crucifixion, "Homophobia NO" written in large black letters on her bare and tattooed chest, in front of the cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. The two images reveal the singular course of this Bolsonarian activist, arrested on Monday for the organization of "undemocratic actions" .
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Also targeted by an investigation into the threats she allegedly made against the judges of the Supreme Court, she is presented as “a political prisoner” by her supporters on social networks. The activist gained notoriety when, on May 1, at the head of a small group, she pitched her tents on the esplanade des ministries, in Brasilia, to support President Jair Bolsonaro and demand military intervention.
An expert in provocation
Sara Giromini, her real name, became known as Sarah Winter, expert in provocation and the art of
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