El cas torna a traure a la llum el debat pel final de la Policia Militar i la seua desmilitarització , com demana el col·lectiu Rio na Rua (Rio al Carrer):
The case brought back to the surface the debate for the end of the military police and its demilitarization, as pleaded for by the collective Rio na Rua: Today's victim was a woman, black and poor, a resident of a favela situated in a lower-middle class neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.