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BOPE? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalh%C3%A3o_de_Opera%C3%A7%C3%B5es_Policiais_Especiais http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalh%C3%A3o_de_Opera%C3%A7%C3... Eli

by gt565k 13y ago

BOPE? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalh%C3%A3o_de_Opera%C3%A7%C3%B5es_Policiais_Especiais http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalh%C3%A3o_de_Opera%C3%A7%C3... Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2, the movies, do a good job of portraying what speeder is talking about. The Brazilian favellas are run by drug lords. From my understanding, there has been a big push by Brazil to eradicate these criminals before the World Cup begins. It's quite interesting that BOPE is training US SWAT teams. Here's an interesting video of Brazil's Special Forces (BOPE) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Y5flAuEFQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Y5flAuEFQ

tripzilch 13y ago
Wow that video is a sight to behold.. BTW anyone clicking it can safely skip the 1st min which is intro.
speeder 13y ago
Not only BOPE, BOPE is the military one (they are party of the army officially) There is also GOE (the one I cited earlier), ROTA, and several others. Also, before the world cup things were already quite violent, the movies you cited for example are based on a book that has stories about BOPE in 1980 After the world cup, then we had our police use this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qru7bQsz04M/TU8aavSCMAI/AAAAAAAAB78/zXmxjdACrlg/s1600/TANQUE+USADO+PELO+BOPE.JPG http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qru7bQsz04M/TU8aavSCMAI/AAAAAAAAB7... (this vehicle belongs to the Navy, it was borrowed to the police occupy a area near where stuff will be built for the olympics) Also São Paulo (where I am from) we have "ROTA" that criminals here nicknamed "wheels of death" because few of them survived after seeing one of their cars (this was the car that specifically got that nickname, the fact the same vehicle model was used by funeral companies also did not help: http://anjosguardioes.com/uploadfotos/Galeria/Policia-Militar/ROTA/ROTA_014.jpg http://anjosguardioes.com/uploadfotos/Galeria/Policia-Milita... )

by gt565k 13y ago

tripzilch 13y ago

Wow that video is a sight to behold.. BTW anyone clicking it can safely skip the 1st min which is intro.

speeder 13y ago

Not only BOPE, BOPE is the military one (they are party of the army officially) There is also GOE (the one I cited earlier), ROTA, and several others. Also, before the world cup things were already quite violent, the movies you cited for example are based on a book that has stories about BOPE in 1980 After the world cup, then we had our police use this: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qru7bQsz04M/TU8aavSCMAI/AAAAAAAAB78/zXmxjdACrlg/s1600/TANQUE+USADO+PELO+BOPE.JPG http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qru7bQsz04M/TU8aavSCMAI/AAAAAAAAB7... (this vehicle belongs to the Navy, it was borrowed to the police occupy a area near where stuff will be built for the olympics) Also São Paulo (where I am from) we have "ROTA" that criminals here nicknamed "wheels of death" because few of them survived after seeing one of their cars (this was the car that specifically got that nickname, the fact the same vehicle model was used by funeral companies also did not help: http://anjosguardioes.com/uploadfotos/Galeria/Policia-Militar/ROTA/ROTA_014.jpg http://anjosguardioes.com/uploadfotos/Galeria/Policia-Milita... )