Imprisoning young people should empty the #therewillbenoworldcup
The death of a cameraman and the arrest of Caio Silva de Souza and Fábio Raposo, who will face charges of intentional homicide, are expected to cool down the movement against the World Cup, which recently left its mark of destruction during protests in several cities; Carlos Montenegro, from Ibope, believes that these groups will retreat and that they will not have the same audience during the World Cup; the government believes that the murder of Santiago Andrade will also serve to "drastically" reduce public support for the form of protest manifested through vandalism and bombs; proof, in the view of experts, that vandalism does not pay.
247 - With the death of TV Bandeirantes cameraman Santiago Andrade during a demonstration, and the arrest of young men Caio Silva de Souza and Fábio Raposo, who will face charges of aggravated homicide with explosives and the crime of causing an explosion, the expectation is that the wave of protests in the country, which had been characterized by acts of vandalism and violence, will be temporarily contained.
With this, the "There Will Be No World Cup" movement loses strength, a movement that, on January 25th, left a trail of destruction in several cities. On that day, there was even the burning of a Volkswagen Beetle belonging to locksmith Itamar Santos in São Paulo, yet another example of the damage caused by violence against society.
Carlos Augusto Montenegro, from the Ibope Institute, predicts, according to a note by columnist Ilimar Franco, that with Santiago's death, "the fear, already present in the middle classes, of supporting these marches will increase." Montenegro also believes that the decline in protests will intensify and that society is more critical of their actions. "Therefore, he believes there will be a retreat from these groups, which will not have the same audience during the World Cup," says Ilimar.
According to government sources, the assessment is not that the protests will end, nor that the masked protesters will abandon their violent form of protest, but that the recent episodes will at least serve to demoralize them. The government expects that public support for the Black Blocs will now decrease "drastically." A Datafolha poll released last October already indicated that 95% of São Paulo residents disapproved of the violent acts during the demonstrations.
Harder legislation
Other consequences of Caio's death and arrest include an investigation into who is behind the protests, recruiting violent young people to commit acts like Caio's, who received R$ 150 to participate in the demonstration where Santiago died, according to his lawyer. According to him, political parties, city councilors, and state representatives are involved in this strategy.
Just as the June protests led legislators to approve laws such as the one that classifies corruption as a heinous crime, Congress is now accelerating discussions on stricter legislation for crimes committed during protests, or even the recognition of terrorism as a practice in Brazil. The government is concerned about these proposals, which it considers "extremist."