The crime is being poor

The policeman in Brazil is a soldier. The police car is “caveirão” (something like a war tank called “Big Skull”). The entire hierarchy, strategy and training of the police is not just military but war. That’s because at some point we buy into the idea that we’re at war. War against whom? “Against drugs”, replies the father of the family, judge, religious and cocaine user. “Against organized crime”, replies the father of the family, policeman, religious and militiaman. Everyone knows a drug user, even if they never call them that. Everyone has idols, admires singers and even billionaires, without judging them for the drugs they openly use. <a href="https://medium.com/vallenspach/the-crime-is-being-poor-5e4a214e6f76">Read More</a>