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Rio de Janeiro has over 700 slums.
Nearly all ruled by drug dealers, armed to the teeth.
Just people with AR-15, UZIs, HKs, and so on.
Anywhere else in the world, those weapons are used for war.
In Rio, they are the crime weapons.
A 762 shot rips through a car like paper.
It's dumb to think that in a city like this police officers are gonna enter the slums just to uphold the law.
Police officers have family, buddy. Police officers are also afraid of dying.
If Rio depended only on regular police, drug dealers would've taken over the city a long time ago.
That's why there's BOPE - Elite Squad of the police.
In theory, BOPE is a part of the police.
In practice, it's a police completely different.
BOPE's symbol makes clear what happens when we get into the slums.
And our uniform is not blue. It's black.
BOPE was created to intervene when regular police can't handle it.
And in Rio de Janeiro that happens all the time.
My name is Captain Nascimento.
I was the head of BOPE's Alpha Team.
I fought that war for a long time... And i was beginning to get tired of it.
"BOPE is one of the better prepared police team of the world"
I admit that for who's on the outside, BOPE looks like a cult.
But that's how BOPE's gotta be.
We train our men by beating them up.
To get here, the guy's gotta prove he can handle the pressure.
From every 100 officers that sign in for BOPE, 5 get to the end.
And when i did the course, partner... Only 3 got there.
Not even Israel trains soldiers like we do.
To fight in the war against traffic, you gotta be able to take everything.
-This one. -This? Are you sure?
Tell you what, look at these pictures. There's a beautiful indian girl...
No *** indian, fellow. Knife in skull, man!
Recently formed BOPE officers leave the course and hit the streets.
And Neto liked action.
As soon as he took over my team, he was all about the Operation John Paul II.
And with him on the lead of my team...
And with him on the lead of my team...
Over 30 bums in Turano kissed their lifes good-bye.
"BOPE, the better police urban team of the world."
Put him on the Pope's tab.
-Please, i have a family! -Turn arround, you worm!