Amnesty International inwards Brazil has released an interactive map to crowd-source incidents of gun violence inwards Rio de Janeiro. There accept been to a greater extent than than 570 gunfights inwards the metropolis already this year. However, alongside the law themselves responsible for ane inwards 5 killings inwards the solid pose down of Rio final year, accurate official statistics on gun violence are difficult to get.
The Fogo Cruzado map allows anyone inwards Rio to written report incidents of gun violence, whether carried out past times gangs or past times the police. As good equally the crowd-sourced information the map includes incidents of armed attacks reported past times the press as well as official law as well as authorities data.
The map is a custom styled Google Map alongside beautifully deigned markers. These markers are categorized to demo gun violence incidents alongside fatalities, alongside injuries as well as victimless incidents. The map likewise uses numbered clustered markers to demo where to a greater extent than than ane incident has occurred. If yous zoom inwards on these locations the private incidents are thence revealed.
