Bus 174 is an interesting film to choose when looking at a society because it's a documentry. It definatly showed a side of Rio which I previously hadn't thought of; the police.
I never really thought of the police in Rio as being harsh, I just assumed that they were dealing with difficult people and so were themselves acting tough. However after watching Bus 174 which not only shows real footage of the hostage situation on the bus but includes interviews from homeless gang members, police and hostages which were involved in the situation, did I realise that the police in a sense are worse than the criminals. At the beggining of the film a voiceover explains that th police consist of people who are unable to get a job, are poorly armed and educated and simply want to kill or arest anybody who has done somthing remotly wrong.
The special sqaud are trained well but are still restricted by lack of radios and so in a sense still struggle to uphold what they do despite thier better weapons and professionalism.
Part of the film which I think shocked me the most was when they showed the conditions of a prison in Rio, ten people were expected to share a space ment for four with no natural light in temperatures of 50 degrees celcius. Beateings also appear to be a major part of prison life which I think explains why so many reofenders do such extreame things not to go back into the cities jail service.
I never really thought of the police in Rio as being harsh, I just assumed that they were dealing with difficult people and so were themselves acting tough. However after watching Bus 174 which not only shows real footage of the hostage situation on the bus but includes interviews from homeless gang members, police and hostages which were involved in the situation, did I realise that the police in a sense are worse than the criminals. At the beggining of the film a voiceover explains that th police consist of people who are unable to get a job, are poorly armed and educated and simply want to kill or arest anybody who has done somthing remotly wrong.
The special sqaud are trained well but are still restricted by lack of radios and so in a sense still struggle to uphold what they do despite thier better weapons and professionalism.
Part of the film which I think shocked me the most was when they showed the conditions of a prison in Rio, ten people were expected to share a space ment for four with no natural light in temperatures of 50 degrees celcius. Beateings also appear to be a major part of prison life which I think explains why so many reofenders do such extreame things not to go back into the cities jail service.
Here is a video I have found, skip to 3:00 mins to watch the part about the jail.
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