Unrest in Brazil

[goldleaf]

Have a nephew that lives in Brazil and he has been in contact with my mother stating that The police have all gone on strike. Today they have supposedly declared martial law. He is staying locked up in his apartment to avoid the looting and killing.
They're killing lots of people with machete's. Anyone know of any source reporting on this. I haven't seen anything reported on normal news media, I guess because it doesn't concern Israel.

[crimethink]

Have a nephew that lives in Brazil and he has been in contact with my mother stating that The police have all gone on strike. Today they have supposedly declared martial law. He is staying locked up in his apartment to avoid the looting and killing.
They're killing lots of people with machete's. Anyone know of any source reporting on this. I haven't seen anything reported on normal news media, I guess because it doesn't concern Israel.

I saw this earlier:

Brazil army takes over state's security as 100 killed amid police strike

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/09/brazil-police-strike-deaths-espirito-santo-vitoria

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chaos-swells-amid-police-strike-in-brazil-state-1486572445

The "martial law" angle appears limited - for now - to the State of Espírito Santo, the state on the northern border of Rio State. The use of regular troops makes it pretty clear that "martial law" is in effect, even if merely de facto.

Sheltering in place is the best course of action for your nephew for now. God bless him - and your family - in staying safe.

[goldleaf]

That's where he's at, Espirito Santo. Thanks for the info and concern.

[monty]

Violent Riots and Unrest in Espirito Santo, Brazil


http://youtu.be/beuRxs4SIzo

https://youtu.be/beuRxs4SIzo

[monty]

Murder rate up 650% after police strike in Espirito Santo, Brazil


http://youtu.be/3zOlT-nbkos

https://youtu.be/3zOlT-nbkos

[old steel]

Why machetes?

Guns and ammo hard to come by down there?

[ximmy]

Why machetes?

Guns and ammo hard to come by down there?


very hard...

There are lots of videos showing criminals being shot by police, the criminals (for the most part) do not have guns.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp9CYRv0_vI

[Hitch]

very hard...

There are lots of videos showing criminals being shot by police, the criminals (for the most part) do not have guns.

A sister of a sister-in-law, married some rich guy down in Brazil. They spent $60,000 bullet proofing a Hyundai, because the man wanted to protect his wife and children from gunfire.

There's probably more guns down there than the media would like us to believe.

[goldleaf]

Nephew says the bad guys got the guns, typical.

[ximmy]

A sister of a sister-in-law, married some rich guy down in Brazil. They spent $60,000 bullet proofing a Hyundai, because the man wanted to protect his wife and children from gunfire.

There's probably more guns down there than the media would like us to believe.

Gun crime far less in Brazil but murder rates way higher. Fewer guns are doing more killing.

Violent crime (http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Brazil/United-States/Crime/Violent-crime) > Gun crime



Brazil Ranked 72nd.




USA Ranked 1st.

11 times more than Brazil

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Murder rates:

Brazil Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United States

USA Ranked 9th.




http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Brazil/United-States/Crime

[crimethink]

Nephew says the bad guys got the guns, typical.

Gun control works...for the criminals.

[JohnQPublic]

As I said in a post in the past, I was in Brazil a few times and brought up the gun issue (criminals got them, you don't...). One of the Brazilians said that if you have a country home, you are allowed to have a gun. He kind of laughed and said, you would be surprised at how many people have country homes...

[crimethink]

The Wikipedia entry, for what it's worth:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Brazil

In Brazil, all firearms are required to be registered with the minimum age for gun ownership being 25.[1] It is illegal to carry a gun outside a residence, and a special permit is granted to certain groups, such as law enforcement officers.[2] To legally own a gun, an owner must hold a gun license, which costs BRL R$1000,[2] and pay a fee every three years to register the gun, currently at BRL R$85.[3] Registration can be done online or in person with the Federal Police.[4] Until 2008, unregistered guns could be legalized for free.[5]

It is estimated that there are around 17 million firearms in Brazil,[6] 9 million of which are unregistered.[1] Some 39,000 people died in 2003 from gun-related injuries nationwide.[6] In 2004, the number was 36,000.[1] Brazil has the second largest arms industry in the Western Hemisphere.[7] Approximately 80% of the weapons manufactured in Brazil are exported, mostly to neighboring countries; many of these weapons are then smuggled back into Brazil.[7] Some firearms in Brazil come from police and military arsenals, having either been "stolen or sold by corrupt soldiers and officers."[7]

In 2005, a majority of Brazil's population voted against banning the sale of guns and ammunition to civilians in a referendum. However, the Brazilian Department of Justice (Ministério da Justiça), at the time it performs each individual's mandatory background check (which is made prior every gun acquisition, and every three years after it is acquired, which allows gun confiscation at the discretion of authorities), have been forbidding almost every citizen to buy guns,[8][9] based on the Executive Order # 5.123, of 07/01/2004 (Decreto n.º 5.123, de 1º de julho de 2004),[10] that allows the Brazilian FBI (Polícia Federal) to analyze the reasons that motivate a gun acquisition and the will of keeping an acquired gun, in which "self defense" is not considered a valid argument because there are allegedly sufficient and efficient public police officers that are in charge of nationwide security, among other reasons for this kind of denial.[11]

Thus, disarmament is in fact real in Brazil,[12] as are massive gun confiscations,[13] notwithstanding its massive refusal by Brazilian people (at the referendum of 2005) and even though it is considered one of the real causes of 20% rise of gun usage rates in homicides in the country, in its nine years of existence (in 2003, people with guns killed 36.115 of the total 60.121 homicides, about 60%, while in 2012, 40.077 homicides of the total 50.108 were made buy the usage of a gun, about 80%).