Abandoned by the authorities for decades, dominated by the drug trade, subject to pressure and oppression from all sides. Suddenly, the dream of a better life: a Police Pacification Unit (UPP) is installed in the community, with the promise that life would be better, without violence, working hard toward the objective of propagating peace.

At the same, amid the lanes and alleys, residents are suffering from threats, oppression, beating and torture, as  theJ ornal do Brasil reported during the investigation into the disappearance of construction worker Amarildo and as Fantástico reported this Sunday. 

Workers headed off to work are being constrained, persons are being treated as suspects and treated as no human being should be. Residents are faced with shock-troop tactices, with tasers to the face, beatings, choking and pepper spray. All of this becuase after a hard week on the job, workers like to go out and celebrate with…