Sounds like Oakland, or any US City.. On live TV, news crews in the Bay Area and through out the US have been robbed at gun point.
I'll keep my response short and sweet... Americans have little room to talk when it comes to violence, our elementary schools and college campuses don't have gun man on campus drills for the fun of it.
FYI: There was a shooting and fights near Super Bowl City in SF... this was not replayed over and over again on national news like the events in RIO. The NFL like the Olympics do their best to hide the negatives..
I have been to RIO many times, I love it, one of my top 5 destinations.
Originally Posted by
deant
I have to respectfully disagree that the crime is media hysteria. We stayed in Barra and saw first hand some of the violence. At the Jardim Oceanico station where The new Line 4 and the Brt meet, there were gangs and a big pool of fresh blood on the ground. Look at the attack on our swimmers as they left thr France house. The IOC tried to hide / deny the attack. If they felt they could hide the attack on our swimmers, just think about what they are managing to hide. Think about the bus that had Windows shot out. They tried to say it was rocks being thrown until it became obvious that it was bullits.
I also know NBC crew members that were in a taxi and saw shooting as they were leaving the Opening Ceremony. Add to this all the other known crimes and you do have the most dangerous games in modern history.