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Crime Plagues Rio as Olympics Begin, Despite Security Force of 85,000

Incidents, including a mugging of a security chief and an assault on a Portuguese official, are piling up, while the show of force has raised concerns about overly aggressive policing. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Topics: policing, aggressive, overly, concerns, raised, force, while, piling, official, Portuguese, assault, chief, security, mugging, including, Incidents, Force, Security, Despite, Begin, Olympics, Plagues, Crime

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/08/world/americas/rio-olympics-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss