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| Foto: Giba Bergamim Jr. / Folhapress |
”The
student of radio and TV Gabriela Lacerda, 24, was with her boyfriend at the “Charme
da Paulista Bar” on the corner with Casa Branca street, when a group of
policemen carrying shields and “tonfa” (a kind of truncheon) approached clients
and put the tables and the chairs down which were on the side walk.
The police
officers required the employees of the bar to close the doors and screaming out
and pushing them back, inquired all of the clients to go home." Folha .com
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| Foto: Eduardo Anizelli/Folhapress |
This news
that for being so extraordinary to that country seems a historical anachronism,
since it could - with some minor adjustments in terminology - easily be printed
in some newspaper from São Paulo in the 60s or 70s. Actually it is a brand new
news. Protesters say they are opposed to the increase in bus fares in Sao Paulo
and various urban centers of Brazil have been organizing marches during this
week to show their displeasure. The press, both written and televised, in the
first instance and in general emphasized the excesses caused by protesters,
highlighting the acts of vandalism that they had practiced during the protests.
However, last Thursday 13th, many media have changed the tone of its criticisms and
began to emphasize the brutality of the police. Several journalists were
arrested while doing their work, and moreover several others were injured by
rubber bullets fired by police. "A photographer, who was covering the
protest against the high transport rate in São Paulo yesterday in the center of
the state capital, was hit by a rubber bullet in the eye and takes the risk of losing his vision." Folha
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| Photographer Sérgio Silva, from Futura Press, hit in his eye by a rubber bullet. |
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| Repórter from Folha Giuliana Vallone: hurt in the eye aparently by a rubber bullet fired by the poplice |
Even the
famous anchor and opinion maker Boris
Casoy from Band TV channel had to adapt his conservative discourse to emphasize
the loss of control of the Military Police force from São Paulo.
Mayor
Fernando Haddad, said the images of violence by the police were
"deplorable and are not consistent with São Paulo." However he said
the fee reduction is not an option and added that "The city cannot submit
the game of all or nothing. Or it is the way they want or do not have
conversation. "
Governor from the state of São Paulo Geraldo Alckmin also stated that "As
to reduce the value of the ticket, there is no possibility."
Many have
been manifesting so strongly these days, from both sides, for and against these
events. Arnaldo Jabor, folkloric commentator from Globo channel distilled
his well formulated criticism against protestors "avenge for what?"
Referring to lack of cause from the protesters.
He still added "these rioters from middle
class are not worth twenty cents." Referring to the twenty cents of
increase occurred in the rate of public transport fees.
Political
scientist Carlos Novaes in their participation in the “Jornal da Cultura” from
TV Cultura Channel defended protesters
saying the fact that the protesters have 3,000 reais to bail and, protest
against 20 cents fare increase should be overcome. For "the fact that the
parents of the protesters have the money for paying the bail does not mean they cannot
have a political position against rising rates that reach the entire
population." Jornal da Cultura 07/06/2013
My Opinion:
We saw
vandals smashing windows of stores taken by a terrible hatred in their eyes. We
have seen horrific images of military police soldiers bleeding after being hit
by stones thrown by protesters.
There is no
denying, these events were brutal to those who witnessed it. And the media with
their role of informing helped disseminate this radicalization of a movement
that preached a peaceful demonstration. Of course, if the media in this country
was confident I could finish this article right here. But I'm not satisfied with the
reviews I have read and watched about these events.
Brazil is
experiencing a unique moment in its recent history. A moment of pure
reflection. Who sees the manifestations of São Paulo only as an empty
requisition, and a way to vandalize public property, is under the influence of
a violent amnesia. The movement fighting for the free pass was a trigger
opportunistic which has resulted in a widespread movement of revulsion at this rotten
policy of this state that ooze incompetence.
This
manifestation takes the streets people who are tired of paying more and more
for a worse service of public transportation. And the fact that they are mostly
middle-class students does not make them less deserving of being heard or use their
right to protest.
The fact
you are not hit by the problem does not mean you have to be silent, or cannot
stand against something that is really inappropriate for a population already
suffering so much with the lack of everything. Or a man cannot stand in favor
of women fighting for their rights, just because he is a man?
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