As the Olympic torch snaked its way through the city en route to the Opening Ceremony, citizens of Rio responded with little acts of disobedience; dropping trousers, hurling projectiles, burning the Brazil flag and tipping water.
A few hundred of the most disgusted marched near the Maracana stadium this afternoon in protest at what has come to be called the “Exclusion Games.”
Scuffles broke out between protestors and the military police when officers moved in to arrest one man; some members of the crowd responded by hurling bottles; one picked up a heavy wooden table and lunged at an officer in full riot gear.
Police horses, officers armed with assault rifles and a helicopter ensured that any violence was short-lived.
The protesters were clamoring to tell the world that the real story of the city was being whitewashed by a government and games organizers who want to hide their plight rather than use the Olympic legacy to help them.
“Since we got the World Cup and Olympics our city has been militarized and divided,” said Mariana Wendeck, 27. Full story...
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A few hundred of the most disgusted marched near the Maracana stadium this afternoon in protest at what has come to be called the “Exclusion Games.”
Scuffles broke out between protestors and the military police when officers moved in to arrest one man; some members of the crowd responded by hurling bottles; one picked up a heavy wooden table and lunged at an officer in full riot gear.
Police horses, officers armed with assault rifles and a helicopter ensured that any violence was short-lived.
The protesters were clamoring to tell the world that the real story of the city was being whitewashed by a government and games organizers who want to hide their plight rather than use the Olympic legacy to help them.
“Since we got the World Cup and Olympics our city has been militarized and divided,” said Mariana Wendeck, 27. Full story...
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