Wednesday, July 10, 2013

IN the NEWS - What's Up Down in Brazil?

What's up down in Brazil with all this extreme public violence recently?
A violent man enticeth his neighbour,
and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
1*  Public Decapitation
"Last Sunday, an amateur soccer match in Brazil came to an unbelievably gruesome end when a referee was murdered by outraged fans. His head was then cut off and placed on a spike. The beheading was retaliation; the ref initially stabbed a player to death.
It happened in the Maranhão region of northeastern Brazil. Thirty-year-old Josenir dos Santos Abreu approached the referee, 20-year-old Otávio Jordão da Silva (pictured above) during a match to argue a call. Abreu reportedly threw a punch at da Silva, who then took out a knife he was carrying with him during the match, and stabbed the player. Abreu died of his wounds en route to the hospital.
Meanwhile, the player's friends and family invaded the pitch and attacked da Silva. They reportedly tied up the referee, beat him, stoned him, lynched him, and then quartered him. When they finished, they cut off his head and placed it on a stake in the center of the field." Deadspin.com
 
2*  Public Execution of Rapper in Concert
"Rapper shot dead on stage in Brazil....
Mobile phone footage shows MC Daleste suddenly collapsing after he takes a bullet in the abdomen.
The video shows the rapper — real name Daniel Pellegrine -— suddenly recoil then slump to the ground. Fans scream as friends rush to help." TheSun

3* Violent Protests Sweep Brazil
"Thousands of young men and women across cities like Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Natal, Florianopolis, and Porto Alegre have blocked important avenues and faced off against riot police in an effort to revert a 10-cent hike in bus and subway prices that went into effect on June 1. (The raise is below inflation, according to authorities, and it will not be reverted.)
The protests, initially led in Sao Paulo by Movimento Passe Livre (Free Fare Movement), a Brazilian political group founded in 2004 that calls for free public transportation, spread across various cities and became ever more vicious as the week progressed.
By Friday, allegations of police violence, vandalism, and intolerance – i.e. frustrated motorists running over protestors -- made headlines in Brazilian newspapers." ABC