Good reads by @Vinncent & @claire_rigby on Brazil's militarized police http://frombrazil.blogfolha.uol.com.br/2013/01/29/blue-murder-sao-paulo-police-accused-of-massacres/ … http://frombrazil.blogfolha.uol.com.br/2013/11/07/demilitarizing-brazils-violent-police/ … http://frombrazil.blogfolha.uol.com.br/2013/06/14/fear-and-loathing-in-sao-paulo/ …
The pieces, on the Judge Dredd mentality prevalent in Brazil's sec forces, written last year, but afaik, no substantial improvements since