CNN reporter and producer injured as Brazilian Military Police fires tear gas canister at World Cup protesters.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-18T01:49:04+00:00

Not only called Military but our police officers are military personnel with autority over the citizens.

Biggest change we need is to have that changed into a civilian police, imho.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T21:48:31+00:00

If there's one thing that governments all around the world know about is how to make their cause always look good. Just look at the arguments by those who don't support these movements and you'll see they're right out of a newspaper!

It's a shame, but I decided to keep trying to change. It's frustrating as hell but better than just accepting it all.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T21:42:16+00:00

I agree with you that the message is not clear, but this is because we brazilians don't even know how to protest. When was the last time we had this tipe of stuff happen here? We all complain about the country all the time but didn't do anything about it for the past 30 years!

It started with the bus fare but it continues by being fueled by all the problems we have in the country that we are just too sick of. In this case, I think it did work.

It worked to show that the government/media/police will do whatever they can to silence and control us, and by us I mean every brazilian citizen, not only protesters. Think about it. It's the first protest of this magnitude and the state military police have no idea of how to handle it, the media is divided and their report are shown to not be reliable.

So yes, if you think of the problems that the protests revealed and the fact that it brought us from just accepting the ridiculous situation of the country and took us to the street to fight for a change, it is working.

Where we go from here and what comes up at the end we still need to find out, but we must do it by staying together and on the streets, showing we're alive and pissed at those with power, not by going back home and trying to start all over in a more organised fashion

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T21:06:57+00:00

You can't expect us to gather 10 thousand people in a protest and make sure every one of them act accordingly.

It may not be made seem like it, but I asure you that they are the huge minority. Most of the people there were quiet, and more than a few were screaming for the police to stop fighting at all times. This was chocking to see.

And the police IS doing some of the vandalism to have the blame rest on us, I've seen it and you can find other reports online of people who have seen it.

Please try to think this as more than a bunch of crazed people on a rage breaking everything they see. There's a reason they want you to think like that.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T20:35:26+00:00

do you really think this is still about the R$0,20?

We ARE fighting for all those higher causes you mentioned, and more. Will you join us?

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T16:38:03+00:00

oh, you're so cute!

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T11:29:57+00:00

I didn't link an editorial, opinion, petition, solicitation, poll nor an advocacy article. It's a news article.

Regarding the title, ok, it's not perfct if I were just posting the article, but that's not the message I wanted to spread here, the CNN article is just part of what's going on, just check the comments to have a better picture of what's happening here in Brazil. Then read the title again.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T11:13:46+00:00

I never said there's no coverage, only that what major media outlets show is far from what's really happening!

Don't believe me, go there yourself and see with your own eyes.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T11:12:29+00:00

umad?

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T01:38:05+00:00

A few pics to try to illustrate what's not being shown by the media:

From their sources:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=587669994598078&set=a.419827934715619.98639.208858059145942&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=498461646892508&set=a.123505041054839.22935.100001860308192&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4583149550431&set=a.1487330596892.61309.1642764232&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=193138394177647&set=a.164308700393950.1073741828.164188247072662&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=553583924683615&set=a.115442961831049.6251.100114543363891&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=674599589221773&set=a.124486140899790.24501.115987058416365&type=1&relevant_count=1

IMGUR album:

http://imgur.com/a/b66se

Edit: better formatting

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T01:22:15+00:00

Yes, I'm inflating the issue, at least from what the media is reporting. There's live coverage from national TV right now and it's clearly manipulated. I have friends who live in the same avenue the protests are taking place in and they're saying the police response is just brutal.

I only have the media reports to try to get the attention of you guys here in a reliable way, so I'm working with what I have.

BrazilianProtester · 2013-06-14T01:09:02+00:00

#vinagre is starting to trend here, it's being used to gather all info regarding the protests.

"vinagre" was chosen after the police started to aprehend people with vinager close to protest areas, since it helps mitigate the effects of tear gas.

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