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01-02-2021, 04:19 PM
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Re: Standard Brazilian Brutality
The same things would be happening here if we didn't have strong rule of law.
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01-02-2021, 08:57 PM
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Re: Standard Brazilian Brutality
Brazen stuff. No regard for the law, let alone life. There's absolutely no way I could or would stand anywhere near that activity. And definitely not film it. Animals
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01-03-2021, 02:08 AM
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Re: Standard Brazilian Brutality
3 words....cocaine, corruption, and poverty. The cocaine and weapons trade are the primary sources of capital for many, if not all favela gangs in Brazil, similar to their cartel counterparts in Mexico. One major difference between the Mexican cartels and the favelas is that favela gangs either lack an organized leadership hierarchy or are not as well organized as their counterparts in Mexico. For example, CV is one gang with thousands of members but the gang itself is partitioned by several cells, each autonomously lead by local gang leaders and each of which are often the de facto apparatuses of law and order within the locales they control. In fact, it is these gangs who are imposing their own curfews and their own lockdown measures within their respective communities in many places within Brazil, not the government. Then again, every favela gang in Brazil has one common enemy and that is the police. Needless to say, and given their propensity for sometimes unimaginable cruelty, rivaling that of the cartels, one of the absolute worst things any gang member or citizen within their area of control could possibly do is to become an informant. But, at this point, I am starting to sound like Captain Obvious and we have all seen more than enough evidence of that here on DR. The sad reality though is that it is practically a hopeless situation for many folks down there with few options, no safety net, and more than enough disillusioned youths with no future to look forward to. Sorry for the rambling. |
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01-03-2021, 02:22 AM
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Re: Standard Brazilian Brutality
That is because these gangs are the law enforcement apparatuses in their communities. Police will not nor dare to patrol the neighborhoods they control. Anytime the police come close, it is almost guaranteed they will get ambushed and pinned down in a firefight, at least in some of the urban neighborhoods. At any rate, the police and criminal justice system is an absolute dumpster fire in many parts of Brazil. This level of cruelty is effectuated as a means of intimidation and competition in the cocaine and weapons trade essentially leads to dehumanizing rivals, especially in the absence of any fear of legal apprehension and perhaps when your own survival depends on it in the face of looking weak or soft among your peers. Ugly shit man. |
