The violent shame of Brazilian police officers

[Devastator]

Consider yourself lucky if by total random chance you were born in N. We. Europe in recent decades.

really? Is that because police brutality does not exist in Europe during recent decades? *Waves from N.Ireland*

[nonpareil]

really? Is that because police brutality does not exist in Europe during recent decades? *Waves from N.Ireland*

Fuck all police brutality here compared to most of the world.
You take yourself down to Central/South America with a nice bag of drugs, get yourself put in prison and as an "Anglo" you' d be very lucky to come out alive.Some of those prisons the guards shut the gates and the interior is run by gangs.
A few years ago there were stories of Brazilian police shooting street children for money at the behest of local business men.
Irish people South and now North don't realise how relatively peaceful and safe this island really is.

[Cable87]

Fuck all police brutality here compared to most of the world.
You take yourself down to Central/South America with a nice bag of drugs, get yourself put in prison and as an "Anglo" you' d be very lucky to come out alive.Some of those prisons the guards shut the gates and the interior is run by gangs.
A few years ago there were stories of Brazilian police shooting street children for money at the behest of local business men.
Irish people South and now North don't realise how relatively peaceful and safe this island really is.

I had a Brazilian flatmate for over a year, and he and I talked about this. I'd also heard about this situation over 10 years ago, and yes, apparently it has/does happen(ed). My friend was extremely ashamed about this, so much so that he asked if we could change the subject mid-sentence, as it was something horrible that goes on in his country.

He confirmed what I'd heard before, which is that homeless street kids are occasionally 'culled' (exterminated) to prevent them from robbing local shops and harassing/pick-pocketing/scamming tourists. I can totally understand why he's so ashamed of this.

[Jiberjabber]

I had a Brazilian flatmate for over a year, and he and I talked about this. I'd also heard about this situation over 10 years ago, and yes, apparently it has/does happen(ed). My friend was extremely ashamed about this, so much so that he asked if we could change the subject mid-sentence, as it was something horrible that goes on in his country.

He confirmed what I'd heard before, which is that homeless street kids are occasionally 'culled' (exterminated) to prevent them from robbing local shops and harassing/pick-pocketing/scamming tourists. I can totally understand why he's so ashamed of this.

In Peru this has evolved to what are now known as 'Piranha gangs'. Kids that aren't even old enough to have pubic hair ... get enough of them together and you'd be surprised how quickly they can strip someone to the bone.

[nonpareil]

really? Is that because police brutality does not exist in Europe during recent decades? *Waves from N.Ireland*

I am talking about now not the 70' s or eighties.
The two tribes of dopes up there have their best chance to in a century to finally live together in peace and concentrate on things like the economy, if they choose not to wreck their opportunity.

[Meursault]

some of the prisons in south america, guatemala and places like that would make mountjoy look like a coffee shop

[nonpareil]

really? Is that because police brutality does not exist in Europe during recent decades? *Waves from N.Ireland*

If you were born in recent decades , it means you are living NOW.April 2015.

[patty]

This news report is like so many others when all the facts are not given At the moment in Brazil there is a section in the goverment and the media who are trying to say that homosexual community are being picked on
This story stinks of this lady in question had taken drugs for the first time and had a bad reaction to them she then started attacking the local communitity hurting two old ladies and trying to hurt a lot more
The locals got together and restrained her until the police arrive they where the ones who caused her injures not the police
Do you not think this should have been reported in the media the whole truth not just their version
The media when they decide to champion on section are very good at distorting the truth in their favour
Do we never learn from the German news papers declared Hitler a great man i am amazed to see that even today small minded people read this kind of propaganda all believe it

[nonpareil]

This news report is like so many others when all the facts are not given At the moment in Brazil there is a section in the goverment and the media who are trying to say that homosexual community are being picked on
This story stinks of this lady in question had taken drugs for the first time and had a bad reaction to them she then started attacking the local communitity hurting two old ladies and trying to hurt a lot more
The locals got together and restrained her until the police arrive they where the ones who caused her injures not the police
Do you not think this should have been reported in the media the whole truth not just their version
The media when they decide to champion on section are very good at distorting the truth in their favour
Do we never learn from the German news papers declared Hitler a great man i am amazed to see that even today small minded people read this kind of propaganda all believe it

Regardless of this story much of Brazil is not Heaven on earth particularly if you are poor.I won't be visiting the favelas anytime soon.

[nonpareil]

Many thanks for the German history lesson but we're on current affairs here.