killing kids they thought would be a burden on society.
The same type of argument was being used by merchants in South America who hired off duty military and mercenaries to kill homeless kids sleeping in doorways at night because some of them would steal produce to survive.
The UN accused Brazilian police of exterminating homeless kids to clean up the city before the Olympics.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/death-to-undesirables-brazils-murder-capital-1685214.html
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/UN-Brazils-Police-Kill-Kids-to-Clean-Streets-for-Olympics-20151013-0044.html