The political action as a police case in Brazil

Abstract

We have faced in Brazil for over a century of a deficient Republic, which was marked by two long dictatorial processes that contributed to the formation of the characteristics of the position of state repression against the social movements. Based on the present subject, this article analyzes how 2013 can be understood as a milestone in the national history, as a moment of post-redemocratization inflexion in which there was a growing disconnect between power holders and the citizens, presenting as one of its aspects a tendency of political action to the criminal arena. In association with the way of treatment of activists as a police case, it has been possible to identify advances in the national institutionality in the sense of criminalization of the confrontation repertoires of social movements. In addition to the literature review on this field, this article starts with the documentary analysis of the legislation, as well the media coverage of the main events since 2013. As a theoretical contribution it will be used the Theory of Political Confrontation, from which it is intended to see the moment that began in 2013 as a process, with a focus on the relationship between activists and state agents as a way of understanding the complex national scenario.