The police also took a statement from the 32-year-old SUV driver, who was not named. He said the suspects had tried to rob him shortly before targeting the couple on the street.
He added that he saw the suspects in the road and tried to speed away from the scene, but he lost control and accelerated into the motorbike
I like to believe both the driver and the recording officer both had sore cheeks from winking so goddamn hard whilst that statement was taken.
It hasn't been officially "permitted by the government." There was no such special changes in law or anything like that.
It's also not new. About one of these incidents in detail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10056619/SUV-driver-rams-motorbike-robbers-hold-couple-street-Brazil.html
I like to believe both the driver and the recording officer both had sore cheeks from winking so goddamn hard whilst that statement was taken.