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I saw police with firearms in the favela. Nothing at all like that at the stadia Police wielding machine guns (or any guns) at football is a stupid idea anyway. Just get in and make the arrests when you see the crime. Don't just hide in your van

It could be because they have fewer, drunken drugged up thugs as well I went to the Brazil world cup and saw not the tiniest bit of antisocial behaviour. There was very little security as they correctly predicted there wasn't a huge need. Everyone, you know, had a great time and watched football

Cop out though (excuse the pun) There are body cams and CCTV towers. They don't need people there filming it. The crimes were being committed there and then. They can see them. Make an arrest. I take the point they were outnumbered. This was an institutional failing as well as that of...

Out of all the bodies which haven't covered themselves in glory in this matter, the police in my mind have cocked up the worst. Both in terms of the planning and by just not engaging with the disorder on the matchday. As a younger man I was dragged off and thrown out of a match (for really...

Hmmm, surely if people have committed crimes, police should be investigating these crimes and bringing charges irrespective of what other bodies are doing

OK, well, that's a start. Thousands and thousands involved though. The criminal justice system needs to be seen to be working with something as high profile as this.

What I don't understand is that there's phone video footage everywhere, presumably loads of CCTV and police footage, yet nobody as far as I can tell has been banged up for this