BREAKING: War Erupts In Brazil - LIVE Coverage

thestaggy said:
What, you don't have sympathy for - *checks Wikipedia* - arms and drug traffickers, murderers, loan sharks, money launderers, protection racketeers, kidnappers, fraudsters, bank heisters and general community disruptors?

Where is your humanity?
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You do realise there is no difference between their drug cartel and their police. The one is as evil as the other one.
 
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Crime, Churches and Corruption: The Case Behind Rio’s Surging Violence

Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year-long political career was rife with corruption and crime. Many blame him for the increased militia violence in Rio de Janeiro’s streets.
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Overview
The article traces how Rio de Janeiro’s surge in violence is rooted not merely in recent politics but in decades-long collusion between police, military, paramilitary militias and political and religious elites, producing a system where state security forces act as central actors in organized crime.

Police and Paramilitary Corruption
From the 1960s onward, army generals and police commanders hired and directed paramilitary death squads to eliminate opponents, develop torture techniques and dispose of bodies; these groups later transformed into profit-driven militias that sold “protection,” controlled services in favelas and operated like criminal mafias while often posing as agents of the state. What began as unofficial, violent policing became institutionalized: militia members were embedded in security forces and used police power and legitimacy to expand territorial control and criminal enterprises.

Political Capture and Impunity
Militias evolved into political actors, buying influence, seats and electoral support; by the 1990s they were laundering crime proceeds through businesses and entering formal politics to shield themselves from prosecution. The article documents how high-level figures, including supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, normalized and rewarded militia ties—awarding jobs and honors—deepening impunity and blurring the line between state authority and criminal command.

Religious Collusion and Money Laundering
Neo-Pentecostal megachurches became vehicles for political power and financial concealment: tax-exempt churches allowed militias and traffickers to launder illegal earnings as “tithes,” while some church leaders used media and political networks to protect allied criminals and to indoctrinate parts of the security apparatus, further fusing religious influence with police and militia interests.

Impact on Communities and Rule of Law
The result is catastrophic for Rio’s poorest neighborhoods: favelas endured territorial seizure, forced removals, targeted killings of dissenters and religiously motivated attacks against African-derived faiths, all enabled by security forces that either collaborated with militias or acted as militias themselves. The state’s legitimacy has been hollowed out, governance has become “war as governance,” and ordinary citizens suffer under a security system that operates for profit and political control rather than protection.

Conclusion
The article portrays Rio’s security institutions not as breakers of crime but as central architects of it—police, military and allied religious-political networks are deeply corrupt, institutionalizing violence, laundering criminal profits and converting state power into a tool for organized crime and political domination.
 
RedViking said:
www.fairobserver.com

Crime, Churches and Corruption: The Case Behind Rio’s Surging Violence

Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year-long political career was rife with corruption and crime. Many blame him for the increased militia violence in Rio de Janeiro’s streets.
www.fairobserver.com www.fairobserver.com

Overview
The article traces how Rio de Janeiro’s surge in violence is rooted not merely in recent politics but in decades-long collusion between police, military, paramilitary militias and political and religious elites, producing a system where state security forces act as central actors in organized crime.

Police and Paramilitary Corruption
From the 1960s onward, army generals and police commanders hired and directed paramilitary death squads to eliminate opponents, develop torture techniques and dispose of bodies; these groups later transformed into profit-driven militias that sold “protection,” controlled services in favelas and operated like criminal mafias while often posing as agents of the state. What began as unofficial, violent policing became institutionalized: militia members were embedded in security forces and used police power and legitimacy to expand territorial control and criminal enterprises.

Political Capture and Impunity
Militias evolved into political actors, buying influence, seats and electoral support; by the 1990s they were laundering crime proceeds through businesses and entering formal politics to shield themselves from prosecution. The article documents how high-level figures, including supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, normalized and rewarded militia ties—awarding jobs and honors—deepening impunity and blurring the line between state authority and criminal command.

Religious Collusion and Money Laundering
Neo-Pentecostal megachurches became vehicles for political power and financial concealment: tax-exempt churches allowed militias and traffickers to launder illegal earnings as “tithes,” while some church leaders used media and political networks to protect allied criminals and to indoctrinate parts of the security apparatus, further fusing religious influence with police and militia interests.

Impact on Communities and Rule of Law
The result is catastrophic for Rio’s poorest neighborhoods: favelas endured territorial seizure, forced removals, targeted killings of dissenters and religiously motivated attacks against African-derived faiths, all enabled by security forces that either collaborated with militias or acted as militias themselves. The state’s legitimacy has been hollowed out, governance has become “war as governance,” and ordinary citizens suffer under a security system that operates for profit and political control rather than protection.

Conclusion
The article portrays Rio’s security institutions not as breakers of crime but as central architects of it—police, military and allied religious-political networks are deeply corrupt, institutionalizing violence, laundering criminal profits and converting state power into a tool for organized crime and political domination.
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Go preach to the Brazilians. We have our own schit to deal with
 
Brian_G said:
There are more humane ways to deal with this.
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So police moved in and cartel responded with gunfire and bombs.

What would you do ? Offer the other cheek ?
Fierce clashes erupted when about 2,500 security personnel moved in on Tuesday morning. The Red Command (Comando Vermelho) responded with gunfire, burning barricades and dropping bombs from drones, officials said.
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