Gruesome crimes barely shock Brazil

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/01/world/americas/brazil-crime/index.html?hpt=wo_c2

 “A pregnant 14-year-old raped, a grenade tossed into a crowd by robbers during a getaway. Those are just a few of the stories tucked inside Rio de Janeiro's main newspaper, O Globo, this week.” This is extremely shocking that so many bad things happened just this week in Brazil. Brazil is one of the top places where murder rate is high, even worse than Mexico. I had no clue that Brazil had some much crime in it. The article says that the killing of a former professional football player didn’t even make many newspaper headings. I can see why now, they are probably so used to crime that they forgot to mention another usual thing. I would never want to live in a country where they are so accustomed to it, it doesn’t seem that important.

“The news did, however, make headlines around the world, shining the spotlight yet again on violence in one of the host cities of the 2014 World Cup.” The news not really informing anybody about the terrible things happening in Brazil is very risky and not very respectful of the people. I would never ever want to go to the World Cup knowing about all this. The fact that the citizens are so used to crime it doesn’t really phase them that bad, is pretty much a warning sign. Even if you are a tourist staying for a couple days, a tragedy could still happen, whether the degree of it is high or low. In fact, being a tourist probably puts you at a higher risk. You aren’t accustomed to the type of things that happen in Brazil and what safety measures need to be taken.

“In Rio de Janeiro, cars drive through red lights at night. The drivers don't stop for fear of being robbed. Brazilians rarely carry cash, using debit cards even to pay for a cup of espresso. In Sao Paulo, criminal "sweeps" of restaurants and bars are common. An armed gang moves through in a matter of minutes, relieving patrons of all their valuables.” This is why tourist should be extra cautious because if you didn’t know this about Brazil, all these things could happen to you because you didn’t know what went on in Brazil. I think this article is very helpful, because now I’m going in further in depth with the situation. When you travel you should research the place so you are well informed of what to look out for and if you should take extra care of your money. 

Halloween just for kids?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/world/disfigured-freaks-hellish-hounds-halloween-irpt/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

“It's that time of year when revelers can let loose with their desire to shock. Getting dressed up ready to terrorize friends, family and strangers in the street has long been the goal for the holiday -- but a few partiers are taking it to another level, with masterfully executed, Hollywood-standard disguises.”  I enjoy seeing all the different creations people can come up with. You can really tell when people actually go all out and try to create an original costume and not just go out and buy a store bought costume. The more scary costumes tend to be created since store bought ones are easily recognized to be “that one from the store we went to look for costumes...”

 "What is a Halloween costume if not to be scary?" asked 26-year-old Californian Amada Kroon, whose ripped-off flesh makeup shocked and turned stomachs. Borinnnnnggg! That’s what I think when I see generic costumes that unoriginal people wear. Of course I do it too, but I don’t care too much about making a scene. When I do see costumes that strike my eye and actually down right scare me, I give them props for it. I get tired of seeing the same slutty girl costumes and the same men costumes of being a vampire or some well-known scary movie character. So I find it so cool when I see someone go outside of the book and really express the Halloween spirit and try to really scare people. Some people do go a little over board and scare off their little trick or treater’s but to us older people it’s pretty cool.

"I think the more realistic the costume is, the better. Sure, vampires and zombies are cool, but what is really freaky are the costumes that are basically normal people, but with some type of creepy or disturbing element added." I completely agree with this statement, the more realistic, the more it will scare me truly. Also if you are used to a common costume it won’t scare you as much as one you haven’t seen before. It would be like going through the same haunted house 10 times, you would get old of it and be expectant of everything. Now if you go through a new one, new original costume, you aren’t expecting it and you think wow that really scared me! New things always appear to be better and they really are. Old things simply put are just old and boring. So next Halloween try something more original than your average store bought costume.  

Georgia father points out daughters burned body in trash can

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/02/us/georgia-girl-burned-body/index.html?hpt=us_c2

“The grisly episode began with a 911 call around 3:40 a.m. Saturday by a man who said he wanted to commit suicide, the Gwinnett County Police Department said.” The man had said that his daughter drunk a chemical and was poisoned. His daughter is said to be ten years old which makes the whole story not make much sense. If she was ten wouldn’t you think she’d know what to drink and what would be unsafe? I think that the father had made that up and she was found dead in the trash can for another reason. She would be smarter than to drink something with deadly chemicals in it, unless her parents didn’t teach her well and weren’t watching her.

It seems suspicious on why she wasn’t sent to the emergency room and getting checked out right away, I’m sure if the parents called 911 right away or even rushed her in she would have survived. The cops said that when they showed up they were outside the apartment complex and his daughter was dead in a trash can and he was just standing next to her. He must have been out of his mind because it doesn’t make sense to put your daughter in a trash can. I guarantee she didn’t just get in there, someone had to of put her inside it. The father seemed very suspicious because of all these weird events. He also said that he was considering committing suicide which didn’t make much sense if he didn’t do anything wrong. He had to of had hope his daughter would live because she was just poisoned and if you can get sent to the hospital right away they could of easily been able to help her.

“The slain girl's father and her stepmother were subsequently arrested. Gwinnett County police announced Saturday evening that both are being charged with felony murder, first-degree cruelty to children and concealing a body.” I find this to be easily believed because of everything I talked about. It seems to me he called the cops after beating her to death or whatever he happened to do to kill her, he might have actually poisoned her like he said but did not claim it was him at first. Either way, I think he called the police to make himself look better in the situation and said he wanted to commit suicide so they would feel he would never kill his daughter. With all the evidence, it seems to me and the police that he in fact did do this.