News from a Personal War (1999)

Hélio Luz: Self

Quotes 

• Hélio Luz : I'll say it myself. The police are corrupt. The institution was designed to be violent and corrupt. And the people think that's odd. Why do I say it was designed this way? Because it was created to protect the State and the elite. I practice law enforcement to protect and serve the status quo; no beating around the bush. It keeps the favela

  [slum] 

  Hélio Luz : under control. How do you keep two million people under control; people who make R$112 a month, when they make any? How do you keep the underprivileged under control and calm?

  interviewer : With repression?

  Hélio Luz : Of course! How else would it be?

• Hélio Luz : It's a political police. This is an unfair society. We are here to protect this unfair society. The underprivileged are under control. He will pay if he gets uncontrollable.

• Hélio Luz : Let's say we operate both in the favela and in the rich neighborhoods. People would have to stop sniffing coke at their chic parties. There would be search warrants and doors getting kicked down at beachfront condos; isn't that right? This is an honest police force.