Rio de Janeiro has turned into a warzone

[felipeantunes]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/11/25/world/americas/AP-LT-Brazil-Rio-Violence.html?ref=global-home


The police is using tanks to raid the slums! This city is crazy!

This reminds me of modern warfare 2

 

[Wadders]

Thats what happens when police take the war on drugs very literally!

But seriously, kudos to the police of Rio. I saw a documentary on them once, and they have one hell of a lethal job. Takes a lot of bottle to do what they do.

 

[Jark212]

I thought that Rio has been a warzone for pretty much the past 30 years, mostly between rival gangs or occasionally BOPE, with regular police bribed to stay out of the way. I hope this is a major step forward to clean up the slums and cut corruption in the regular police...

 

[Mr Montmorency]

Can we have a source that doesn't try to get my email?

 

[Wadders]

Can we have a source that doesn't try to get my email?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11838472 there ye go

 

[Aidinthel]

Holy shit, the police in Rio are badass.

 

[Diablo2000]

I walked today in streets in here(I live in Rio) and did not see nothing out ordinary, except some people talking and some stores closes... Okay, its a little out of ordinary, but its not the fucking civil war that people see in the news.

 

[manythings]

I walked today in streets in here(I live in Rio) and did not see nothing out ordinary, except some people talking and some stores closes... Okay, its a little out of ordinary, but its not the fucking civil war that people see in the news.

Yes but "things in Rio are mostly normal" makes for a shitty headline.

 

[Diablo2000]

I walked today in streets in here(I live in Rio) and did not see nothing out ordinary, except some people talking and some stores closes... Okay, its a little out of ordinary, but its not the fucking civil war that people see in the news.

Yes but "things in Rio are mostly normal" makes for a shitty headline.

Normal? What hell to you thing is normal around here? This whole mess its not normal even for us... I only saying that its that much of deal that people are making out to be.

And for crying out loud do not think you get Rio de Janeiro only because you watched Elite Squad... and if you did not watch, them go fix that, this movie is awesome... But don't use as a model.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I back them completely. Desperate times call for desperate measures after all.

 

[manythings]

I walked today in streets in here(I live in Rio) and did not see nothing out ordinary, except some people talking and some stores closes... Okay, its a little out of ordinary, but its not the fucking civil war that people see in the news.

Yes but "things in Rio are mostly normal" makes for a shitty headline.

Normal? What hell to you thing is normal around here? This whole mess its not normal even for us... I only saying that its that much of deal that people are making out to be.

And for crying out loud do not think you get Rio de Janeiro only because you watched Elite Squad... and if you did not watch, them go fix that, this movie is awesome... But don't use as a model.

No, what I meant was they're going to report it like all of Rio is on fire with explosions everywhere because that will make more people watch it on TV.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Well, that is certainly one way to solve gang problems.

OT: Seems a little drastic at least from my standpoint, but next time, maybe they should make sure that the gang members can't just run away to another hideout or to an ally.

 

[someotherguy]

Looks like I can't get the freshest ingredients there anymore. Oh well.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

It's amazing how much countries will do to clean up for the Olympics.
Congratulations on taking some action, especially with the UPP program.
However, I do so hope things don't go back to the status quo as soon the Olympics are over.

 

[Diablo2000]

It's amazing how much countries will do to clean up for the Olympics.
Congratulations on taking some action, especially with the UPP program.
However, I do so hope things don't go back to the status quo as soon the Olympics are over.

We are not caring much about the Olympics around here, we are far more interrest in the Soccer World Cup in 2014...

 

[Dana22]

To be precise, those weren't tanks but amphibious armored personal carriers, AAVP-7A1. And not borrowed from Navy but from Brazilian Marines.

 

[Gindil]

I thought that Rio has been a warzone for pretty much the past 30 years, mostly between rival gangs or occasionally BOPE, with regular police bribed to stay out of the way. I hope this is a major step forward to clean up the slums and cut corruption in the regular police...

You'll never get rid of drugs nor the slums and the Brazilian police have a history of violence.

IIRC, this is the police force that went into the slums to take out the heads of two or three gangs to clean up their image for the Olympics.

The bloodbath was NOT pretty.

 

[ReincarnatedFTP]

It's amazing how much countries will do to clean up for the Olympics.
Congratulations on taking some action, especially with the UPP program.
However, I do so hope things don't go back to the status quo as soon the Olympics are over.

We are not caring much about the Olympics around here, we are far more interrest in the Soccer World Cup in 2014...

Oh, my bad, you're right.
always get my sporting events mixed up