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Rampant crime, break down of the civil system, its beginning-

Brazil now in its third day of attacks AGAINST POLICE

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')AO PAULO, Brazil - Gangs torched buses and attacked banks and police stations across South America's biggest city Thursday, deepening crime fears as a wave of rampant violence entered its third day.
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At least six people have been killed in nearly 100 attacks on police and civilian targets since Tuesday night in what authorities believe is retaliation for a possible transfer of gang leaders to Brazil's first federal penitentiary.

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USA Today has even gotten in on the act.

i almost bought today's paper, but then i noticed it was 75 cents.

front page - "youth crime sweeps the nation" - or something like that.

closer to home - during the last week, ALL the shopping carts were stolen from the local supermarket over a period of days. zip, zero, zilch shopping carts left.

it's not like they're made out of copper or something !?

what's wierd is ... management isn't telling the guys at the checkout stand anything about replacing the stolen carts.

no return on investment ? they plan on closing the store ?