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Brazil sends army to World Cup host city following police strike and widespread looting
Brazil's government ordered 5,000 army troops to one of the host cities for the coming World Cup to provide law and order after a police strike led to civil unrest and looting.On Wednesday, the troops entered Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, the state where police began striking on Tuesday night followed by the ransacking of shops and supermarkets, according to local reports. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWhy not leave the Army there and sack the police?
Apr 17th, 2014 - 03:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Three times the minimum wage and still they moan.
The previous delay obviously gave the police courage to try it on again, especially with the WC so close. Sack the bastards.
Look like the games of the century, of the games from hell,
Apr 17th, 2014 - 07:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0first match in June I believe,
lets hope they all make it to the last match all ok..
The UK did the same with the Olympics - they used the Army for security.
Apr 18th, 2014 - 12:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But don't think the Brasilian military will have the same brief when they control the World Cup. They will not use a 'touchy - feely' gentle approach if there is football (gang) violence. I've seen them and the military police controlling Carnival.
Mind you, neither would the British army at the London Olympics if things had got terroristy.
Geoff@3...Using the army (in Brazil) as 'additional' security - or a guarantee - makes sense even when violent rioting and plundering is not the reason they are called in. And in the UK, if not mistaken, the army was in the streets also, if not mainly, to prevent terrorist threats.
Apr 18th, 2014 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Regarding the dozens of protests around Brazil, that now usually end in violence, have many different origins...some are to express legitimate grievances against the government(s), but I'd say that most of the others are the result of the thieving mentality that thrives in Brazil, and has done, over the last few years, mainly because of the rotten example set by the Federal Government, plus the fact that the Law /Justice is too lenient, rarely holding someone responsible, far less handing out adequate punishment.
It's clear that the army will only be around to maintain law and order until the World Cup is over...in August things will get back to “normal”.....
And your idiocy? I think there's no way, you're too stupid to see anything beyond their nose.
Apr 19th, 2014 - 12:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0You should take care of your pen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXCjBx2VKg4
isso é tudo que eu penso que vc é.
Though the strike is now over there were opportunistic killings even though Wagner called in the Federal troops.
Apr 19th, 2014 - 11:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is the second time in my short experience of Bahia that the police have stepped back (by striking) and the killings, etc. increased.
But, I have to say, the Met. Police Force did the same in the Tottenham 'riots' - and what happened? ... arson and theft on a grand scale whilst the police stood by and watched.
If you can't trust your forces of law and order to do the job, then it is time to change the men at the top and change the rules of engagement.
@6 “If you can't trust your forces of law and order to do the job, then it is time to change the men at the top and change the rules of engagement.”
Apr 19th, 2014 - 07:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Geoff, unfortunately easier said than done....in this country where the scum gets elected and re-elected, it'll take a long time to change.
@5 Brazzo...“fica quieto viado...a conversa ainda não chegou na privada”
Viado! Gentle Jack.
Apr 20th, 2014 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Better, I think to pay the police a living wage and then hound out from the force all subsequent transgressors. Even worse - send them to prison = a death sentence.
Geoff, perhaps you're right...I shouldn't call Brazzo a 'viado'...calling him that “é como chover no molhado”.
Apr 20th, 2014 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If the police were obliged to have a minimum level of education, say pre-university, and were paid decent wages to risk their lives, you wouldn't have so many psychologically unprepared professionals, nor would the police force have to accept people who join simply because they can't find a better job...but if that were the case, then your universe of candidates would shrink enormously...
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