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So a paramilitary militia (not bandits, but former cops) decided to set fire to 35 buses and one train in the west zone of Rio (not where I live) after a police operation. Way more than bandits did and effectively stopping people's commute in a very populous area and during peak hours. Thoughts?
That's what happens when you kill the "Lord of War", I suppose... Retaliation with a capital R.
What I don't understand is how a group of ex police officers and prison guards, who decided to set up a glorified 'neighbourhood watch scheme', suddenly became a massive organised crime outfit in control of a vast area of the city. (The rampant cascade of cash may have something to do with it of course.) They obviously don't give a toss about any of that law and order crap now though - they were setting fire to buses with the passengers still on them (!) apparently. What can you do? Money is king. Always. They've got such a strong foothold now it's going to be very difficult to rein them in.
Fuck the police!!
Warfare? Idiotic masculine destruction urge? Accidentally happened when the vehicles were parked closely? - Context?
The line between cop and crime-doer has always been razor thin, I'll bet if you went to prison and interviewed inmates, a larger-than-you'd-expect number of them would say they originally wanted to be a cop and couldn't for various reasons, anyway let me go all comic book on you and say that Batman and the Joker kind of need each other in order to continue existing, at the expense of the rest of Gotham - I'll let you draw your own conclusions from there
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