Protests in Brazil
In the last few weeks, some protests have been sparked in São Paulo due to an increase in the price of public transport (another one). As Brazil hosts the Confederations Cup, the people kept going with their manifestations, that quickly summed up thousands of people. As the numbers grew a handful of people started to cause actual damage to public property. Well, then shit went down.
During what has become a riot, many innocent protestants, reporters and pedestrians have been harmed, people with cameras or phones were shot at with rubber bullets. The military police is also using teargas and pepper spray on protestants.
The manifestations have spread around the country. Even now, while I type this, there's one happening in my town. Every newscast in every channel is covering the events and the perspective of it stopping is just out of sight. Even the most watched Youtubers here are also exposing their opinions and taking part on the protests.
As time passed, these protests no longer focused on the new cost of the public transport
only, but actually started being driven by the general aspects of how our government manages the people. Billions and Billions being invested on Stadiums, while the actual needed works are just being ignored. Roadways, hospitals, schools, everything.
Here's some information
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22946736
And you don't need to speak Portuguese to understand this:
As I said, during those protests there were, indeed, acts of vandalism. This is where I'm curious to know what do you guys think. Do people deserve to cause damage to the city, since they were exploited by the government for so long, or should they keep order in the manifestations?
In my case, I don't condone vandalism or any acts that cause damage to our property, but not because it would ''harm our identity or the public and government property'', but rather because, once you start giving the government and the media something to use against you, you're moving away from the possibility of change. Should the protests keep going in an organized manner, the people will appeal to a more respectful approach.