No doubt that the problem is the strategy employed by the city, state and government administrations, but also by the way the brazilian society faces this never ending problem.
To example, we had recently a phenomenom of repercution called Tropa de Elite (Elite troop) that tells the story of the military police's elite squad, that supposedly face the superior fire power of the drug gangs in the favelas courageously, and are thought to be patriots, above all kinds of corruption (prized in the Berlin Festival), they've become our uncanny "rambos". The movie, and most of all, the actual elite troop, was acclaimed all over the country. They've become the "solution" for our problems, which illustrates well the thought that the solution will not come from the governments, but by good ol'fashion stupid force.
In other words, we've got tired of governmental promises and failures, Rio is in a state of rage, unfortunately, and many believe the solution is confrontation. Unfortunnately, the police is illequiped and underpayed, and the bad guys are supposed to be in the favelas, where millions of innocent hard workers and families live, and get killed.
This 11 year old girl, Agatha, although all Rocinha came down to the streets to demand justice on her death, wasn't even in the local news by the weekend. I guess people prefer to mask the casualties of this war, instead of questionning the tactics employed to fight crime. Bullets will fly, for now, you're absolutely right.
Bullets will keep flying
Submitted by Cristiano de... on Mon, 25/02/2008 - 06:39.No doubt that the problem is the strategy employed by the city, state and government administrations, but also by the way the brazilian society faces this never ending problem.
To example, we had recently a phenomenom of repercution called Tropa de Elite (Elite troop) that tells the story of the military police's elite squad, that supposedly face the superior fire power of the drug gangs in the favelas courageously, and are thought to be patriots, above all kinds of corruption (prized in the Berlin Festival), they've become our uncanny "rambos". The movie, and most of all, the actual elite troop, was acclaimed all over the country. They've become the "solution" for our problems, which illustrates well the thought that the solution will not come from the governments, but by good ol'fashion stupid force.
In other words, we've got tired of governmental promises and failures, Rio is in a state of rage, unfortunately, and many believe the solution is confrontation. Unfortunnately, the police is illequiped and underpayed, and the bad guys are supposed to be in the favelas, where millions of innocent hard workers and families live, and get killed.
This 11 year old girl, Agatha, although all Rocinha came down to the streets to demand justice on her death, wasn't even in the local news by the weekend. I guess people prefer to mask the casualties of this war, instead of questionning the tactics employed to fight crime. Bullets will fly, for now, you're absolutely right.
Cristiano de...