1. Violence in Rio de Janiero
1.1. Unequally distributed
1.1.1. Poor neighborhoods and shanty towns
1.1.2. Rios Zona Zul is the most unequal city in the world
1.1.2.1. Has the highest levels of class and racial antagonism
1.1.2.2. Unknown, dangerous and crime-ridden
1.2. Elite Liberalism
1.2.1. Conspiricy of middle and upper class against the poor to hold back the consolidation of democracy
1.2.1.1. Deeply rooted
1.3. Middle and upper class never ending "talk of crime"
1.3.1. Created among classes both stereotypes and prejudices
1.3.2. Relatively little exposure to crime
2. Gangs
2.1. Residents
2.1.1. Feel ambivalent of local gangs, but recognize their importance to having one
2.2. Elite
2.2.1. Consider favelas as the breeding ground of all criminal activity
2.3. Metido (Involved) - Persons spending money or going into debt because of drug addiction
2.4. Offer work to young, unemployed men
3. Drug Trafficking Gangs in Rio
3.1. Come in Different structures and sizes
3.2. Military Police came in to show power and force to Bocaso Fumo (mouths of smoke
3.2.1. Point of sale for distribution of marijuana and cocaine
3.3. Drug chiefs are an important local figure
3.3.1. Home grown and locally based
3.4. Absence of the Rule of Law
3.4.1. Tied to police routine treatment of the poor as criminals
3.5. Rio gang culture is a form of organized crime
4. Lionel Brizola
4.1. Populist Politican
4.1.1. Elected in 1982
4.1.2. From the Partido Democratico Trabalhista
4.2. More symoathetic to needs of the poor
4.3. Fondly thought of by residents
5. New Dono
5.1. Bruno became friends with man adjacent favela; in Vila Maria
5.1.1. Sent letters to his friends, telling them to make alliances with gang in Vila Maria
5.1.1.1. Another gang already had territory
5.1.1.1.1. Started a low-level gang war
5.2. Bruno returned to Felicidade
5.2.1. Define actions as necessary
5.2.2. Assumed role as dono of sorts
5.2.2.1. Did deal and never gave the other gang their split of the money
5.2.2.1.1. Was forced out of Felicidade, but his family could stay
6. Alternative Justice
6.1. Middle class man was murdered by a policeman for no apparent reason
6.1.1. Lower class was shocked to see a middle class person treated the same as they are
6.1.2. Middle class was dismayed and outraged by the transgression
6.1.3. Event transformed the city into "The Marvelous City"
6.2. Brazil and Argentina
6.2.1. Employed a color-coded geographically oriented concept of democracy
6.2.1.1. Blue Zones: High degree of state presence, proper functioning legal system
6.2.1.2. Green Zones: High degree of terntonal penetration, lower presence of state, functional and class terms
6.2.1.3. Brown Zones: Very low/negligible state presence in both dimensions
6.2.1.3.1. States unable to enforce its legality