Ahead of FIFA’s World Cup, Police May “Pre-Arrest” Brazilian Activists

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Not only has the Brazilian government enacted liberty violating and over reaching “anti terrorism” laws to affect protestors, but they have been actively prosecuting and demonizing any Brazilians resisting FIFA’s 2014 World Cup. Even more disturbing is the announcement made by Sao Paulo police today that they will be seeking to pre-arrest activists before the start of the cup.

The Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, Fernando Grella, told Reuters that police are preparing possible criminal charges against a small number of leaders of the protesters, who, he said, are conspiring to “commit acts of violence, break, vandalize, assaulting people.”

It’s unclear whether the courts will allow such a violation of liberty and law, but the perpetrators of the initiative and their lawyers seem hopeful that they will make some preventative arrests. It will be tricky for them to try to charge unorganized groups with “conspiracy” charges, so naturally the state will have to frame people and create false scenarios of conspiracy between activists.

At least three political prisoners have been stuck with trumped up charges in Rio already.

More at: http://revolution-news.com/ahead-of-fifas-world-cup-police-may-pre-arrest-brazilian-activists/

[Leme]

1. I was amazed no problems at Winter Russian olympics

I am quite unsure about anything in Brazil.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. I'm not surprised.

There was an authoritarian clamp down, just like many places where the Olympics have been held. The biggest difference was Sochi is a resort area with low population density, whereas the world cup sites are being held in densely populated urban spaces where a large segment are living in poverty, and being encroached upon by the wealthy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_issues_in_Brazil#Poverty

Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Start with the 1984 LA Olympics http://www.thenation.com/blog/167630/want-understand-1992-la-riots-start-1984-la-olympics

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I fully expect that to happen here.

The idea of "pre-crime" has been behind new techniques the fed and local law guys are working on.
Police are now using drones ( abut the size of a Cesan plane) to fly around LA and take video of what it happening on the ground in an effort to "predict" where crimes will be.
Feds are upping their collection of bio-metrics, again to be able to find "possible" crime patterns, by indentifying people they need to watch in case they do something.

It's coming.

[Demeter]

4. Of course, such measures will NEVER detect

crimes by bankers, politicians, and the 1%.



Not because they are such upstanding citizens, but because they are the OWNERS and Lackeys of OWNERS.

If your 1% Elitists commit a crime against the 99%, who is going to call it a crime, in the first place, call them out on it in the second, and prosecute them, for a third?

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Did you see where Britain's bank head, Carney, defended the bankers ?

Bank of England governor Mark Carney last night dismissed proposals to cap bankers’ bonuses as ‘crude’ measures that will fail.
(that was a comment from Jan)

and here is his most recent argument AGAINST prosecuting bankers:

A jail filled with reckless bankers would only offer some cold comfort, but hardly pose a deterrent or boost public confidence.
Merely prosecuting the guilty to the full extent of the law will not be sufficient to address the issues raised.”

http:dissidentvoice.org/2014/05/capitalisms-image-problem/

which brings me to the inescapable conclusion that hanging is the only solution.

[Demeter]

6. Or as we call it on WEE and SMW

French Revolution Severance Package (FRSP)